Princesses
I was in Target the other day and a group of
women and children passed by me. There was a
Snow White costume nearby and one of the women
started fussing that it was beautiful and another
one of the women should get it for one of her two
daughters to wear for Halloween. The other
mother harumphed a "no!" and kept walking. The
first woman said something to the little girls
like, "Don't you want to be a princess?" The
girls' mother said, "She ain't no princess." The
first woman said, "Don't you ever tell a little
girl she's not a princess! All girls are
princesses!" (I was silently cheering her on!).
But the mother turned her back and said (in poor
English)--"Princess don't exist." They walked
away and I was saddened by that display--and in
front of her daughters, even. Princesses DO
exist. Historically, factually, and
spiritually. I am grateful today for the dozens
and scores of girls who have heard us say that to
them, and the many more who have heard it from
others we have never met. As children of Christ,
we are ROYALTY. Don't you ever forget it. Want
some inspiration? Scroll back through our photo
albums to the one marked "Princesses." Those
girls can tell you exactly who they are.
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