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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
By Howard Shore, Annie Lennox
The Return of the King
see relatedAre YOU My Prince?
Ever since I can remember, I've wanted to get married and have children. I've always adored stories like Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella, but my most favorite is probably Beauty and the Beast. I love what Belle says when she's sitting on the fountain in town with her favorite book: "Here's where she [the princess in the book] meets Prince Charming! But she won't discover that it's him 'till chapter 3." I've often wondered if I've met my Prince already, but that I just have to get to a different chapter before I will "discover that it's him." I know that the Lord has someone amazing for me, because I've known some pretty amazing young men. They'll be the perfect prince for another princess someday, I'm just not her. That's okay though, because I'm excited by the future, and I'm equally excited about the present. Sometimes I'm tempted to get depressed, because I get tired of waiting for my knight to come, but then I remember that each day I don't have my prince with me is one more day I can prepare to be his wife. It's funny how looking at things a little differently can change your mood. It's all in your perspective.
But there's some days where I just can't be comforted. I've been waiting for almost nineteen years and there's still no prince in sight! As I sit, pouting and grumbling, I feel a gentle nudge in my heart. My True Prince whispers: "Don't forget about me. I'm your Knight, and I'm like no other Knight there has ever been or ever will be again! I'm here right now. I love you more than anyone in the world ever could, and I know you better than you know yourself. Just wait a little longer, and you'll see what the Father has in store...you won't be sorry, it's amazing!" It's at those moments when I realize how silly and selfish I'm being, and I remember that my Prince has already come! He's here with me, loving me, comforting me, and guiding me gently. He's so good to me! Just writing about Him excites my heart, He's so loving and kind. But He also has a plan that I know nothing about, and He's good enough to discipline me if I stray from His will, because He knows what I would miss out on if He let me go. I'm so glad I have a Knight in Shining Armor who is perfect, who never fails, who is always there, who is infinitely wise, and infinitely good. He has promised to never leave me or forsake me, and that all things - good and bad - are being worked together for my good.
So to my fellow princesses, ladies in waiting, and fair maidens who are still waiting for their prince, don't forget your First Love. God loved you so much, that He paid the penalty for our sin. We've all sinned (Romans 3:23), so we're all condemned to die for that sin. But God in His mercy sent His Son Jesus Christ to die in our place, so that we could live, and have a relationship with Him. Jesus is all the prince we need, and if He has an earthly prince in store, He'll bring Him to us at the perfect time. Let Him write your love story, and in the meantime (and forever), enjoy the daily unfolding love story that you can have with Him...your Prince, your Savior...your Lord.
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A wonderful post of enouragement Kate! Yes christ is our first love and will love us even more deeply than another person could! thank you for this post. I have not been on here in a while, but I just posted a new post on my blog about modesty if you want to check it out. The lord has really convicted me to know why I dress modestly, and now I have shared it with the world to share what He has done.
In Christ,
Rebecca
The Lord has you as a help-meet (help that is suitable for), but who is it that you can help the most, not who can help you the most.
I just lost a women I loved to another, and she had the skills, the personality and things that would make her suitable for me, yet that was not her desire in the end, she choose what was suitable for her, her freinds, her family, her "community"
I too am looking but at this point in my life I have lost the rose-tinted glasses of romance that I had worn out over the past decade of looking for "the one", I have learned much about marriage and the reality it presents, the struggles and joys of marriage have played out before my eyes while I lived with my brother and his wife, and I see what it means to be a man, and it is not easy.
So my search has gone a different route towards those who can help me achieve what the Lord has for me, and away from those who satisfy my desires.
I hope you understand that whoever you find to help for life, you will be starting a new seperate family one which he will be the head of, (not your family or his). When I see women advertising themselves online saying that family is first to them i wonder if they realise what message that sends to a perspective mate... that they will always be second.
I don't know if this helps, i am trying to share the wisdom that has been imparted to help you
It is a delight to know that there are young women who are willing to break from the culture and do the right thing, even though it is hard (and you are not the only one). It takes great courage, faith, and strength of character to make Christ the center of your thoughts. Making that relationship with Him a priority, is the key. Focussing on Him without ceasing, through prayer and meditating on His word, and relying on Him for the strength to mortify the flesh is what will help you overcome.