Musing #94 - You're His Princess

Princesses are sensitive. They feel things that average people don't feel. In other words, they're special.

Growing up, I heard this a lot. In Disney movies and "Max & Ruby" episodes, this is what I was told. And I always desired to be one of those "special princesses" - to be unique, one-of-a-kind. One morning, my older brother came into my room and asked if I'd felt the marble he'd placed beneath my mattress several nights before. Grinning, he displayed the glossy, round ball in his hand, and I insisted that I had felt a little something while lying in bed. Of course, if I had, it was probably only a spring in the mattress or something like that, but still . . . 
Now that I've grown older, I can look back at that time and smile, because, all this while, I was and am a princess - a beautiful princess, priceless in the King's eyes. And, truly, the realization has finally come - I do have feelings that average people don't experience. As a Christian, a daughter of the one true King, I've been blessed with a conscience, with a gift of knowing right from wrong. While I may not feel the marble beneath my mattress, I feel the fountain of joy in my heart from accepting the Lord as my Savior. While I may not hold the made-up feelings in all those TV shows, I hold a greater gift - Jesus' love, and that in me makes me aware of the souls around me in need of Him, as well as take notice of the pricks of guilt that sear me should I wander from His path. 
And you know what? If you've accepted Christ into your life and surrendered yourself to Him, you, too, are a princess. A beautiful princess whose worth is never taken for granted by her King. 
To quote the words of an author friend:
You. Are. Beloved.

"For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." ROMANS 8:38-39