Rachel was playing princess dressed in full princess attire. She asked her brother Ben to kneel down and propose marriage which, surprisingly, he did. She turned him down cold. When I asked her why she did that she replied that she is waiting for a "real" prince.
Weren't we all?
Little girls pretend they are part of the fairy tale. They want the dashing young man to come and take them away on his white charger and make promises of living happily ever after.
Instead, they get married.
At first, the man seemed most prince-like. And certainly handsome. Happily ever after got buried in a never-ending list of things that are always on the "to do" list and seldom made it to the "done" list. Errands to run, bills to pay, and let's not forget earning a paycheck.
Oh, they're happy, to be sure. But it's not the life of bliss the story books foretell. "Happily ever after" isn't happening like it does in the movies. Add that to the fact that her first love shattered her heart... and no one seemed like Mr. Right ... and life just wasn't working out like she planned.
Too many tears and not enough of that enthralling, captivating love she has always dreamed of finding. Her heart is looking for the love that will sweep her off her feet.
It's why she watches royal weddings on television. A real, live, fairy tale happening while she watches. An ordinary person becomes a princess.
It's why women watch "Chick Flicks." We want to be that woman who inspires men to be a better version of themselves. To have a man utter the words "you're lovely" no matter how we look at the time.
We believe in our hearts the love story exists.
We want to become the person we were designed to be by the Chief Designer.
No one understands the woman's heart like the One who created it. And He calls to us all today whispering "I have loved you with an everlasting love." (Jeremiah 31:3.)
And the woman hears her Creator speak softly to her heart. And she is totally taken in by His deep, undying and unconditional love.
Is this my story? Or is this every woman's story? Yes. It is.
Weren't we all?
Little girls pretend they are part of the fairy tale. They want the dashing young man to come and take them away on his white charger and make promises of living happily ever after.
Instead, they get married.
At first, the man seemed most prince-like. And certainly handsome. Happily ever after got buried in a never-ending list of things that are always on the "to do" list and seldom made it to the "done" list. Errands to run, bills to pay, and let's not forget earning a paycheck.
Oh, they're happy, to be sure. But it's not the life of bliss the story books foretell. "Happily ever after" isn't happening like it does in the movies. Add that to the fact that her first love shattered her heart... and no one seemed like Mr. Right ... and life just wasn't working out like she planned.
Too many tears and not enough of that enthralling, captivating love she has always dreamed of finding. Her heart is looking for the love that will sweep her off her feet.
It's why she watches royal weddings on television. A real, live, fairy tale happening while she watches. An ordinary person becomes a princess.
It's why women watch "Chick Flicks." We want to be that woman who inspires men to be a better version of themselves. To have a man utter the words "you're lovely" no matter how we look at the time.
We believe in our hearts the love story exists.
We want to become the person we were designed to be by the Chief Designer.
No one understands the woman's heart like the One who created it. And He calls to us all today whispering "I have loved you with an everlasting love." (Jeremiah 31:3.)
And the woman hears her Creator speak softly to her heart. And she is totally taken in by His deep, undying and unconditional love.
Is this my story? Or is this every woman's story? Yes. It is.
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