Coming True

Once upon a time,
just the other day, D-D had  a most lovely experience at her school.  Her first grade class had a Fairy Tale ball.  All the children dressed up as characters from fairy tales....

 Most of the little girls were princesses of some sort....some being 

recognizable characters, 

while others were themselves, 

creating their own beautiful fairy tale adventure

in the imagination of their hearts.

I have seen a few articles about how fairy tales can be damaging to young hearts and minds.  

I probably should not judge the article by the title, but honestly, 

I do not read those articles in their entirety.   

I'm too busy reading fairy tales!
(wink, wink)

The premise, I believe, to those said articles is that

those tales of fairy lore tend to make children, 

girls especially, live in a dream world

and they cannot see where dreams end

 and reality begins.

I say, "Dream on, young child, dream on!"

Because, 

for the children of God, 

what the world sees as an 

impossible story of make-believe, 

we actually know 

this truth:

it is real!!!!  

We are princes and princesses.  

Their is a Savior....a knight in shining armour...

who has risked everything

to save us from the ravenous wolves

the evil witches

the wicked step-mothers

and fearsome dragons

~~~

We are children of the King, 

the treasured beloved of His Prince of Peace,

heirs to His kingdom...

(1 John 3: 1)

We can rest in the security that

He is powerful 

and by His love and might

those moments in the valley of shadow and death,

those moments where evil lurks 

and sometimes

we trip over the traps set to ensnare us 

or

we are fooled by evil dressing up in what looks good, 

His power and grace, 

His shield and faithfulness

His love and mercy

will carry us through into victory!!!

He sets us free from the death and enslavement,

He breaks down 

the walls that evil fashions to hide us from the truth!

So, we are walking with confidence and joy

secure in our 

Happily Ever After.

So, I say to you naysayers::

Fairy Tales can come true!

They can happen to you.

If you are among the very

Young at heart!

And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven…”