I am a Princess!

I watched a movie tonight called "A Little Princess." I am pretty sure every single girl at some point in their childhood has seen this movie or one very similar to it. The child has everything a girl could want, her father adores her, he "dies", but actually just has amnesia, she goes from riches to rags, she perseveres through the trials of having nothing, and in the end she finds him, he gets his memory back and she is rich again. That's a brief synopsis for you. However, the whole time through her trials, she still tells herself she is a princess. Whether in rags, or riches, young or old or ugly, she is always going to be a princess. I think about this because I forget this concept. I AM A PRINCESS. Me. Amanda. I am a princess. And I deserve nothing less than a prince. I deserve nothing less than the best. Then I am convicted of being a princess. I am God's little princess. He looks to me and sees my beauty. He calls me HIS daughter and LOVES me unconditionally.He makes me HIS princess. And with that He expects me to act like a princess. He expects me to be kind, and gentle. To carry my beauty in a discrete, uplifting manner that catches attention in a good way, not a sexual, sinful way. He expects me to be humble, and ready to serve the needy, to love on the unfortunate, and give to the poor. As a princess, I should be an example. Girls, we are all princesses. We should all hold ourselves to a higher standard. To live in a manner worthy of the gospel, pleasing to the Lord. In our speech, actions, clothes, and every essential part of our life. God has sent us a prince. He had ordained a special man for each and every one of us and until we reach our full potential as the princess we need to be, God will continue to make us wait for Mr. Prince Charming until our hearts and soul our fully consumed by the King. So I am a Princess. Me. Amanda. And it is certainly time that I start acting like one. Because the one who made me a princess and gives me the right to share in such a beautiful life, also has the ability to strip it all away and make me a pauper until I learn the desired lesson of the day. In order to be a princess, you must act like one.