OOOOH...THE Prince! sigh! He is gorgeous...everything I've ever dreamed of! He wears those tights and OH MY...that ever so fabulous poofy shirt! The absolute swoon of it all!! Can you see me drooling? The Prince! If only I could be his Princess...and live happily ever!
BLEAH! REALLY? Has anyone noticed that in fairy tales...the author goes to great lengths to depict the females as either drop dead gorgeous with a gentle spirit or haggerdly ugly with a cruel and evil spirit? How is the Prince portrayed? Drop dead gorgeous...and we all assume...rich. What about his character? His heart and soul? What do we know about it? Absolutely NOTHING! We do not know that he is REALLY the best partner choice for sweet, precious Cinderella or Snow White! We don't know that he will treat either one as they deserve to be treated! All we know is they live "happily ever after".
Here is what we know about the Prince... He falls in love with Cinderella...as the person she was at the ball. Well... apparently... he fell in love with her dainty foot. Maybe a foot fettish! He was attracted to her physically...but, he had no clue about her true inner beauty. To be fair...he probably was impressed with her dancing skills. Lets face it...she spent an insane amount of time dancing with the birds and her broom. Other than that...he didn't know a thing about Cinderella. All he cared about was the dainty foot fitting in the glass slipper. Bottom line...he fell in love with someone who was not herself. Someone who was pretending to be someone she wasn't. Can happily ever after really be a reality...when reality of day in and day out settles in? Would he still love her if she preferred to wear the more comfortable rags?
Don't get me started on Snow White!! Again...the Prince is attracted to outward beauty. He knows nothing about Snow White's heart and soul. But, the 7 dwarfs do...and care so deeply about what happens to their precious Snow White! We even know the heart and soul of each dwarf...but know nothing about the Prince. What we know about him is...The Prince gallops into the fairy tale...looking all gorgeous in his tights and poofy shirt...and kisses Snow White. He does so without her permission! She wakes up and with one look at the poofy shirt...another happily ever after is declared. Again I ponder...how can happily ever after be a
reality when the Prince cares about only physical beauty? In his favor... he doesn't care about morning breath! Remember that Snow White has been asleep for a hundred years! Just thought it was worth mentioning!
The character of the Prince becomes evident...loud and clear! This is not the character of someone who puts God first in His life...only himself. When physical beauty is all that matters...the kind and gentle spirit's voice will never be heard by the Prince! Cinderella and Snow White are "arm candy"...their voice is not going to be valued and treasured. Which means...their heart and soul will slowly get snuffed out. The Prince only cares about how the princess makes him look. Now... I ask..is THIS happily ever after? Is this worthy of a
princess? Truth be known... the dwarfs are more of a Prince... as they cared about Snow White for who she was on the inside.
Is any of this the Prince's fault? No... it's the author's fault. This is what molds little girl's view of relationships. All that happened to make a happily ever after... was never defined. Like Julia Roberts... I, too want the whole fairy tale! I still believe in fairy tales... happily ever after. Only... I want God's fairy tale. His happily ever after.
"All the special gifts and powers from God will someday come to an end, but love goes on forever".
I Corinthians 13: 8
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