Let Me Straighten My Tiara

I was sitting at an airport this last year on my way home from a trip. It was an international flight so I was there early with time to kill. I was sitting on one of those rows in front of the gate facing another row of guests. This was an international airport and it was filled with people.  I was really enjoying people watching.  Across from me sat a husband, wife and little girl who I guess was about 7 years old. They spoke a different language and I couldn’t understand the conversations.  The young girl kept looking at me and giggling. She leaned over and said something to her mother and giggled again. Her mother looked at me and said, “my daughter says you are beautiful like a princess.”

I got up and hugged the little girl as tears welled up in my eyes. I hadn’t heard anyone call me beautiful in years. I was completely humbled. I have felt a lot of things over the years, but beautiful isn’t one of them.

Like many of you I’m often filled with self-doubt.  Satan is  a master at this and it’s his number one tool to disarm me. There have been many times over these last several years when Satan has led me to believe I’m simply not good enough. I have felt unworthy, unloved, un-prepared, inadequate, undeserving, unsuitable and often fearful.  Its sad that it took this innocent child to remind me I am a Princess.

Out of the mouths of babes.  Why is it I have to be reminded I am a princess . Yes, I am a child of the King!  Not just any King but I am a daughter of the King of Kings and Lord or Lords. I am beautifully and wonderfully created in His Image. My King, my Heavenly Father, has prepared a palace for me in Heaven that is unimaginable. Like any other member of the Royal Family, He empowers me, anoints me, blesses me with gifts and protects me. He created me in His image and He chose me.

I am not the only victim.  Self-doubt is a most powerful tool.  It disarms even those with the most potential, the most amazing gifts, and the most talent.  Self doubt paralyzes us, kills our dreams, crushes our souls and sets us in a downward sprial of negative self talk.  If you are a child of God, it’s time to recognize your worth, be empowered, set goals, and achieve your dreams.  You are a prince/princess and there is nothing stopping you.

• Give yourself a little grace
• Set goals and dreams
• Do one thing each week for yourself
• Spend time with those whom you love
• Invest in other people like you want them to invest in you
• Read about someone who inspires you

Hold on world; let me straighten my tiara… There is nothing this Princess can’t do.

“Who is he, this King of glory? The Lord Almighty— he is the King of glory.” Psalms 24:10

“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27

“When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!” Psalms 8:3-8

“Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48

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