Fabulous Princesses

Right now I am sitting at a Starbucks in College Station right across from campus; I’m listening to my favorite music, drinking a refreshing Passion Fruit Tea, and the weather is just fabulous. It’s one of those days where everything is just perfect! On days like this I know that my life is just fabulous and I feel like a princess!
Fabulous is one of my favorite words. Fabulous. There are so many different ways to say it: you can see it long and drawn out when being a princess or say it in British accent when being well again a princess. Princess. Many people tell girls this when they are being over dramatic or high maintenance. And yes, my family and friends do tend to tell me this on a regular basis. But I don’t care; I love it!
So yes, I might act like a princess at times, but why not? Why not expect the best? Growing up, my parents encouraged me to be a princess. If I wanted to play dress up and act like a princess all day that was just fine. For me, a pair of red cowgirl boots normally accompanied my dress. I read the book Captivating not long ago. If you haven’t read that, I strongly encourage you to read it. Anyway, in the book there is an entire chapter set aside for girls who were raised as princesses. This is not a bad thing, contrary to popular belief!
Being raised as princess means that a little girl was able to express her femininity while growing up. For some girls, showing this femininity doesn’t guarantee acceptance from your family, particularly from a little girl’s father. I was so incredibly bless to have a father who I knew would accept me; he told me I was a princess. Some girls grew up in homes where their father might have abused them in different ways, shunned their femininity, or just ignored them all together. My heart breaks when I think of this. Being a princess is impossible in a home like that. For a little girl, all she wants is to be cherished, loved, captivated, and known by her father. Every little girls desires for her father to tell her that she is fabulous, that she is a princess.
I have a heart for these girls who are now grown, but still carry around these wounds. These wounds run so deep.
But the joyous and most precious story is for every girl, those told that they are princesses or those who have never been told that before. Our earthly father might have failed us. Our Heavenly Father will not! He is our Father, our Daddy. Numerous times throughout the New Testament the phrase “Abba, Father” is used. Best translation: Daddy. So sweet. He desires us. He cherishes us. He loves us. We are His princesses. We are fabulous to Him.
Romans 8:31 and 32 are some of my favorite verses and put this whole idea into the perfect words. It says, “If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all- how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” This not only shows God’s beautiful and unconditional love that he gave His son over to death for us, but it shows that He desires to give us the best. He desires the best for us! I just can’t quit saying that. It is so amazing once you actually realize it.
We are His princesses. We are fabulous. Live knowing that you are loved by a Father, unconditional, who desires you and wants you to be a princess and fabulous. Have a fabulous day filled with delights of a princess!
Humbly yours,
His servant