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Ahhh, so this is where Disney gets it from?<\/p>\n
As little girls we learn to be princesses from Cinderella, or Sleeping Beauty, my daughter is learning from Mulan, and Tiana (Princess and the Frog). I honestly never thought to look at the Bible and the stories of Ruth and Rebekah as how-to guides on my journey to being a princess. But, the creative minds at Disney were not far off from the example of what makes a good Princess. They are always kind, willing to help and always seem to want to do what\u2019s best. I am willing to go as far as to say that some of them pulled the characteristics of some of the best selling princesses from the bible.<\/p>\n
Ruth and Rebekah were hard working, king, selfless, sought to do what was right, and were both examples of a virtuous woman. I\u2019m not saying that God is necessarily asking you to haul water for strange men, or glean off of the field, but He is asking us to display his characteristics now while we are ladies in waiting, so that these characteristics will be second nature to us in what God has planned for us.<\/p>\n
He doesn\u2019t just want and expect this. He gave us guides on how to be the princesses he destined us to be.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n A great how-to guide on being a princess is Proverbs 31. God tells us step by step how we can live to become that princess. \u00a0The commonality between the Proverbs 31 woman, Ruth, and Rebekah is that all three fully allowed God to move in their lives without trying to stop Him.\u00a0 They allowed Him to create a Christ likeness within them that shown brighter than their outward appearance could ever have.<\/p>\n God gave Boaz to Ruth. There are things and people God wants to place in our lives, but first He wants to prepare us for the futures He has planned out for us.\u00a0 Every little girl dreams of being a princess on some level, as that little girl grows up that dream doesn\u2019t often fade, it may go to the back of the dreams pile but it remains. God is telling us that we are his princesses, and He is preparing us for our Prince; but we are responsible as well. We are responsible for opening our hearts and minds and allowing God to work in us, we are responsible to being Christ-like.<\/p>\n To be honest I was far from these three women in these examples. I believe that God was preparing me for marriage before I married my husband, but I don\u2019t think that I fully accepted what god was doing until after I was married, and until after I felt the pains of a lack of preparation. I didn\u2019t truly surrender myself to God to allow Him to mold me into the princess He created me to be until after I said \u201cI do\u201d, until after I saw how lack of preparation on my part can affect a marriage, and myself. 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\nGod gave Isaac to Rebekah.
\nAnd God showed how much the Proverbs 31 woman\u2019s husband and children loved and respected her.<\/p>\n
\nFather, thank you! Thank you for making us royalty, thank you for not simply expecting something of us, but showing us how to be the virtuous women you destined us to be, thank you for your examples.\u00a0 Thank you for continuing to sustain and strengthen us on our journeys as ladies in waiting. \u00a0Please continue to prepare us, and mold us. You have our \u201chappily ever after\u201d, we don\u2019t know what it is, but we do know that it is from you and that it is good. Thank you for this time in our lives.\u00a0 In Jesus\u2019 name, Amen<\/p>\n
\nRead through the stories of Ruth, Rebecca, and the Proverbs 31 woman, what Christ-like characteristics do you see that we as princess possess. \u00a0What characteristics have you been blessed with? What characteristics are you praying for to be strengthened?<\/p>\n