I Still Believe in Fairy Tales...

Wow! I can hardly believe that 2010 is only less than four days away. As this time of the year approaches I always seem to get into this mode of reflecting on the past year and eventually I go back in my life and reflect on the years. I love to reflect on how far I have come and where God has brought me and I am amazed! In my ministry, God has placed a passion to help young women... this passion that God has placed in me has led me to what I have done today. I never knew that I would have the privilege to be where I am and I feel humbled. This past year God truly opened so many doors for me to minister and be apart of the dream that He gave me many years ago. I've been able to sit down with young ladies and be apart of their lives which is a huge privilege for me. One of the most common struggles that I have talked to young girls about is their season of singleness. After talking to many girls about this subject, I have heard so many "mentalities" and opinions on how one should handle this particular season. However, after prayer and really living in my season of singleness God has taught me some very valuable lessons. First of all as human beings we we're not created to be alone... we find this in the bible...

"The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." Genesis 2:18

As woman, it is extremely hard for us to be alone. We are emotional beings and we are born with the need to be dependent on someone. We want to be loved, needed, and sought after. Since childhood, we dream of the day that we will meet the man that we will give our heart to. Unfortunately by the time we do meet that man, many of us will have given our hearts out to more than what we had hoped for. However somewhere along that journey, we will go through different relationships and experiences. We will experience heartache, loneliness, bitterness, and many other struggles. However in this season, it can be easy to reach a comfortable place and loose our sense of needing to be dependent on someone else. It's easy, especially as you get older to loose that "fairytale" mindset and just give up on love all together. Your life motto then becomes "I don't need a man to survive life". Others will say that they need to wake up to reality and settle for less than what they had imagined for the future. They will give up on "shooting for the stars" and settle for the man that drowns them with flattery instead of giving his heart to her. However, I believe that as woman we need to go back to the beginning... God made us females and we should never be afraid to dream and BELIEVE in our fairytales. God has a plan for each and every one of us. So many times we declare our future, and we do not realize the power of our words. Hearing young girls say "I will never get married" brings a sadness to me because they do not realize the power of their words. If you desire love, if you desire a man of God to give your heart to, God will give that to you! I have seen to many times young woman who act as if having the future they dream of is a luxury made for only special girls but they do not realize that we are children of a KING who has access to every dream that one can fathom! I challenge you to get back to your fairytale days and dream away! God has someone so special for each and everyone of us and I tell you this; that it is truly worth the wait. Esther took the time to prepare herself for one night with the king... I'm sure she had her days where she felt anxious, scared and so lonely. Longing to be with the King and longing to be loved... but in the end she found her king and she lived a life that was legendary! The one night that she had been waiting for her entire life... that one night alone changed her world. I want to live that love story... to know that the man I will be spend the rest of my life with was worth waiting for and I took the time to prepare myself for him because I still believed in fairy tales.....

"I dream of LOVE, not fondness" - Author Unknown

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