Cinderella

so last night was homecoming.and after a series of really unfortunate events the night was actually ok.

all that mattered was that i got to wear a pretty princess dress and felt like a cinderella. but you know what?

even cinderella had trials that made life pretty much suck. i mean her closest friend- her dad- died and left her with a horrible family whom she couldnt escape from. and then after she finally made a beautiful dress and felt like for once everything would be ok her step sister tore her dress apart along with her heart. then when cinderella was crying in the courtyard her fairy god mother showed up and gave light to what little hope she had left. cinderella was going to the ball. but even after she got to dance with the prince and experience true love she had to turn back into a "normal girl" again. but when the only evidence that she was the girl that the prince wanted to marry was locked away in a dark and desolate attic cinderella still clung to some sort of hope. her only friends-the mice- helped cinderella escape from her attic room and prove that she was the woman that the prince danced with.

so in her life she had a happy ending. but she sure went through alot to get there.

even though last night was difficult and there were definitely things that went wrong that i couldnt fix that could have made the night miserable but none of that matters. i am a cinderella. cause jesus calls me his daughter and he is a king. so my journey to be the perfect princess will only prove effortless because it wont be perfect until the day i stand before the king and he tells me "you have done well my good and faithful servant".

i dont know if that makes any sense but the summary of that is this: all of us who claim to be children of God are either princesses or princes. and right now it looks like we are just sweeping up the ashes from our broken hearts and wiping the sweat from our weary and stressed brows.... but someday we will sit next to our KING and claim our crown. each trial will prove worthy of our eternal reward when we get there- and WHEN we get there. (we dont see it now of course... but thats another whole topic to discuss.)