Just Like Lucy (In Narnia)…

Just like Lucy, I want to keep going, in spite of the homesickness I feel, I do not want to go back. I am here for a reason. God has a good purpose for me here. It is good for me to be near God, I have made, Him, the Sovereign LORD my refuge, I will tell of all His marvelous deeds. He is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I must trust Him when things do not make sense; when I feel like crying, when my heart aches as it does quite often lately. He must be trusted no matter what because He knows what is best. I need to feel Him; I need Him to hold me; and I need His embrace. I need His love that reaches to the heavens, His faithfulness that reaches to the skies.

It is the LORD who arms me with strength and prepares my hands for battle. With Him I will succeed because victory is found in Him. If I turn back, I will miss out. I will miss out on what could be one of the greatest adventures of my life. I want to see this victory, I want to experience all He has for me. I must go forward and persevere even though my heart aches, my heart longs for the familiar in this land of unknown.

It is the LORD who will fight for me, I need only to be still. I must learn to let go so that I will experience a greater victory. I must learn to trust and keep trusting Him. I must keep going, keep persevering because His help is always with me as His presence is always with me. I need Him to strengthen what I perceive to be my weak and wavering faith.

Adventure happens when I least expect it to, all of the sudden I am in the midst of it. I must keep my eyes open to what is in store so that I will not miss anything. I must prepare for the adventure of a lifetime by letting God rock my world the way He wants to do so.

Just like Lucy, I have ventured into Narnia, and just like Lucy I do not want to go back.

Just like Lucy, I want to live in the midst of a great adventure.

Dreamin’ like Cinderella…waiting for her Prince Charming!!!

Every Dream that you wish

will come true,

the way He wants it to!!!

(Bottom Line: it is up to Him, keep praying, keep seeking Him, and He will bring all things about in His good timing.  He is never early and never late.  He is waiting for you to surrender:  Surrender and be faithful to Him whatever your station in life.  Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks, for this is God’s will in Christ Jesus concerning you!!!)

Yes,

Every dream that you wish

will come true!!!

(No wonder I love Cinderella!!!)

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you’re fast asleep
In dreams you lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep
Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbow will come smiling thru
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
the dream that you wish will come true

(You can guess that these are the lyrics from Disney’s Cinderella theme song)

Cinderella never stopped dreaming, she never stopped believing and every dream that she wished for came true.

How much more through prayer and trusting in God’s ways should we believe Him and dream big for His sake.

When you dream big with God, every dream that you wish will come true as you walk by faith!!!

Therefore, keep dreaming, keep seeking the One Source of all good things, He is more than able!!!

Lessons from a Princess to a Princess

Hey, I am a child of the King of Kings right, and that makes me a Captivating Princess.  “The King is enthralled with your beauty, honor Him for He is your Lord (Psalm 45:11).”

I am a princess like Cinderella, or so, I would like to be.  Cinderella:

1.  was an authentic servant with an unmistakeable servant’s heart.  She could have easily complained of all she had to do, but you know what, she never did.  She kept doing what she knew how to do and that involved serving others.

2.   was humble and submissive as she was obedient to honor those in authority over her.

3 .  took initiative; she did not need to be told what to do, but allowed herself to when she was not sure.

4.  was beautiful from the inside out due to her soft-spoken and kind-hearted manner.  This only added to her charm, no wonder the prince was captivated by her.

5.  made each moment count; she went to the ball unknowing that it would be the best night of her life; in the meantime, she was determined to enjoy the night out no matter what happened.

6.  had faith.  She left the ball promptly at midnight not knowing whether she would ever see her beloved prince again.  For midnight was when everything would return from extraordinary back to ordinary (her reality).

7.  did not run after her prince; he noticed her at the ball; he asked her to dance; he pursued her all the way to happily ever after even when he thought he had lost her.  It was not a coincidence that she unknowingly left her glass slipper behing because they were meant to be.

8.  was an ordinary girl who went on to live an extraordinary life because she was a servant who had faith.

9.  was never a disappointment to her prince because she knew how to love and serve Him unconditionally all the days of their lives.

10.  is a beautiful princess who forever will be a great example for all little girls and big ones too who desire to fall in love someday; and even though she is not real, girls today can still be princesses if they are “Daughters of the King!!!!”

Cinderella

She did not know she was going to the ball until the last minute. Little did she know that that would be the moment she met her Prince Charming.

She wore the most beautiful dress known to mankind with her hair elegantly placed upon her head. No one would recognize her. She was just an ordinary girl, but that night she was a princess.

She arrived at the ball and unknowingly stole the show. Her prince knew the minute he laid eyes on her that she was the one. She was undoubtedly the most beautiful girl in the room. They danced and the clock struck midnight.

She had to go. When would she ever see her prince again? She had to take a step of faith into the unknown and be obedient. She had to go right then. She fled down the steps.

He ran after her, he had never ran after someone before. He found her slipper and knew that he had to find her. There was no one else in the world for him besides the woman with the glass slipper…

Her name was Cinderella. This was the night all her dreams were about to come true. This was the night her Prince came and swept her off of her feet and she lived happily ever after!!!

To Making it Count

In order to make life count, I must surrender my whole heart into the hands of the Almighty God who knows me more intimately than any other.  Just knowing that He knows me this well humbles me greatly and I stand in awe of Him once again.

In order to make every moment count, I have to take the first step and reach out for His hand, grab hold and trust Him, trust His lead, trust Him to guide my life and guard my surrendered heart.

In order to make it count, I must do this every day.  It is by far too easy to take things into my own hands in the sea of my doubt and comfortability with the way things are, but I am not called to live a comfortable life.  I am called to walk by Faith, especially when I cannot see my next step.  I am called to make each moment count as if it were my last.

Here’s to making it count, Here’s to stepping out on Faith and letting the Holy Spirit lead and guide my life in total surrender day in and day out because He has so many blessings in store for me if only I would do this.

It’s not easy, no, it is against my own self-will, but when I surrender, I have freedom to trust the hand that will never let go of my fragile heart.  He knows and once again, He will never let go.