Channeling My Inner Princess
posted on February 16th, 2010 / by Alex Headrick / 11 CommentsRosie (Princessa Roslinda Montoya in hiding): I am not a fool; I will not let her make me something that I am not. I will turn the other cheek, it is what princesses do.
~Princess Protection Program by Disney
Sara Crewe: I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses. All of us. Didn’t your father ever tell you that? Didn’t he?
~ A little Princess, the movie.
I’ll be honest. Most days I don’t feel like God’s princess. My days are spent constantly serving others from my husband to my aging grandmother who we moved in with just this past year to help take care of. My life resembles the little cinder girl more than Cinderella. But there’s something inside of me, something deeper than the present that calls to me daily, telling me that I was made for more than this. It’s why I love any movie about princesses and it’s often in those movies that I am reminded about what’s true about me, about my identity.
When I was nineteen I faced my Identity head on. I had just accepted the Lord and I was studying music at the Boston Conservatory when I got the news that I had developed severe vocal nodules. Studying opera, I knew that having them would take me out of the running. Opera was the marathon of singing, and having a slight handicap would take me out of the race altogether. I knew it was time to go down a new path, but I was devastated. Singing was who I was. I’d never been beautiful, athletic, or especially smart. My brother was the genius, and I was the singer. That’s how I viewed myself. Without song, I had no idea who I was or what I wanted to do. I had in essence lost my identity.
This mindset led to years of searching and failed aspirations. I tried on identities like you’d try on clothes at the store, but nothing fit the God-sized whole I had in my heart. This year, during a ministry event at my church, the other shoe dropped and I humbled myself in front of God, knowing that He had the answer. The conclusion I finally came to is that my identity couldn’t be based on what I did. It had to be based on who I was, who God created me to be.
It all comes down to that doesn’t it? Identity, and what we believe about who we are. See, what we believe channels into how we live our lives. A child who believes he is stupid will strive to do nothing more, a single mother who believes she carries a scarlet letter will live out her life in fear of condemnation, a woman who believes she’s not worthy of love will seek out men who give her anything but. However, a child who believes she is God’s daughter, His princess, will live her life knowing she is capable of anything. A single mother who knows the love and forgiveness of Christ will live her life out in faith, and a woman who knows she is loved by The King will hold out for a prince!
When I humbled myself I had a vision of being crowned with a beautiful tiara. I knew that God was telling me what I’d longed to hear; that I was His Princess! I was the Daughter of a King! In the midst of His presence I cried, knowing that I’d finally found an identity that couldn’t be taken away. I was and always will be His Princess!
Alex lives in Texas with her husband, her grandmother, two dogs, and two cats (her zoo) and is an avid blogger who believes that the internet is the newest way to encourage women to be who God has called them to be. Alex is from Euless, Tx and attends Gateway Church.
You can find her blog on www.journeytobeauty.com.
Thank you for such an encouraging post this morning. May we all have the courage to dust off our tiaras and proudly stand as daughters of the Most High King.
Now I can tell my husband that this is the reason I watch all the cheesy romance and princess movies!! Love it!! What a great post Alex!!! Thanks for giving us some truth and encouragement this morning! Now I just need to go find that tiara…I know it’s around here somewhere!
God Bless you!
Great Alex! We are all princessess and deserve to loved like one! Accept no less. God’s design is just that. And I love your personal blog too!!
Great post! It’s true that we sometimes see our identity as our title~ but that’s not who we are! We truly are Gods princesses, and now we need to start lving like it! Thanks! :}
thank you so much for sharing Alex, that was a wonderful reminder!
I love all princess movies too! I love to think that someday somewhere someone gets to live that life. But I love my life too, and am so glad that God finally got through to me that it’s not what I do but Who He is in me that makes me who I am. Thanks for sharing your heart for women to channel their inner-tiara!! m
That was great because our pastor talked last Sunday about our identity-it was great to read this after the sermon! thanks again!!
Alex you know I love you friend! WOW your words in this blog through Christ touch can change many hearts to see themselves through His eyes!!!
I love your honesty about how you saw yourself and how you see yourself now. I am self examining how I look at my own identity because I always want to be exactly who God has made me to be. I think it is something we often have to examine as we go through life and all it tries to place on us, working over time to define who we are or think we should be.
Your heart in this blog is a great way to break it down. Thank you!!! Your realness and your loving heart is shining in this blog.
BR
Good stuff, Alex. Now I want to call you the blogging Princess.
Thanks for writing.
Alex,
I could wrap myself up in this blog like a blanket … it resonates with me so deeply. Even the quotes. I’ll watch a cartoon or movie and feel like … omgosh did you just hear God speak … He is totally speaking … do you hear it?!
I totally heard him in all your quotes!
His heart desiring us to hear our worth revealed by the royalty He extends to us. It’s time to rock our tiara’s as daughter’s of the king stepping into our true identity:)
Love…LOVE it!
Thank you for trusting us with your heart by submitting this blog!
Great Love!
~Ris
While I’ve always been more of the tom-girl, not so much the princess, I appreciate the way that God placed that in your heart, and because of that, His love for you radiates.
Thank you for sharing…