Entry Eleven: Prince Charming

Growing up, us girls relied on the idea of Prince Charming. We dwelled on his ability to make any princess (which we all know we believed ourselves to be) fall in love with him and live " happily ever after."

But as we reached the years of middle school and high school, we figured out most of us are destined to be Cinderella before the ball. Without our Prince Charming.
What unrealistic property does, so called, Prince Charming possess that is capable of making us swoon?
Who is he anyways?
In the storybooks, Mr. Prince Charming has a delightful appearance, shimmery blue eyes, sun kissed skin, and silky smooth hair. And a CASTLE, for crying out loud. As a six year old, to live in a castle was my life time goal.

Its quite apparent that the "typical Prince Charming" no longer exists. I'm not saying there aren't any nice guys anymore, that's not my point at all. I'm just saying our childhood dreams of having a prince have to catch up to the adult reality in which we live.

Although, we don't get a chance to be won over by Prince Charming, we get the greatest opportunity of them all-- the chance to be loved forever by the Prince of Peace: Jesus. And, let me tell you, he makes Prince Charming look like a dope.

Do understand what I just said?

Jesus will LOVE us FOREVER. He will LOVE YOU FOREVER.

Isn't that why we chase after Prince Charming, for love?

Not only will He love you, but he wants to protect you from everything, yes, even something bigger than a dragon. And Jesus wants us to live in his castle, he wants us in Heaven. Isn't it great to think a Prince wants YOU in his castle? In fact, he has a place saved up for you. A place special for you. A place with your name chiseled into gold. A place for you to live with him forever.
Here's another secret, he already knows who you are, no need to try and impress him, as long as you love him.
He's waiting for you with out stretched arms and a smile brighter than the sun. He wants to show how much you, his princess, mean to him. He loves you.

So, I say we should give up our chase after Prince Charming, let Cinderella have him. We should give up our search for never ending love because we know no one on this earth has as much love as Jesus. We should stop, call on Jesus, and allow him to run his river of everlasting love over us. So we, too can live with him happily ever after and spread it to others.

Prince Charming doesn't seem so magnificent now, does he?

Entry Ten: Summer Freedom

Woah! Hold up there time, could you slow down a bit!
Doesn't it seem as though, just yesterday, it was the first day of school? Getting reacquainted with your peers, the school building and the idea of being in that one building for seven hours a day, Where has the year gone!? Now we're standing on the opposite side of the school year, waiting to take ahold of our summer freedoms and run. Summer is literally just around the corner. It is so close I can taste it- it tastes like days at the beach with sunscreen, ice cream in the backyard, and swimming at the community pool. It tastes like freedom. Summer Freedom is the ability to sleep in, stay up late, swim, tan, and just enjoy time making new memories with your closest friends.
Summer freedom is on the other side of this glass window pane, I can see it, I can taste it but its still out of reach. Knocking on the window is useless. The only way this window will open is with the ringing of the school bell at 11:30, after your last final. Only then will we be able to run free, dancing, jumping with joy of the anticipation of summer. Only then will the chains of school that have bound us for nine months be unlocked. Only then will we taste summer and grasp our Summer Freedom!

So here's to a not bummer summer. Here's to Summer 2013!