One of my ultimate favorite shows growing up was Beauty and the Beast. I would watch it over and over again with my sisters. It was my dream come true when my mom got me a Belle costume for Halloween, I got to waltz around in my sparkly yellow dress being the "Beauty".
It's funny, many of us let go of fairy tales as we grow up. Life happens, darkness rolls in and dreams crumble. When dreams crumble and that darkness comes, life gets hard to live. Instead of living it to the fullest, it's like hanging on for dear life. Attitudes change, bitterness creeps in, anger is on the horizon, and depression takes over. In the darkness, fairy tales and beauty are the last thing that enters the mind.
I love what Beth Moore has to say about fairy tales... She's says they do exist (I knew it!).
There is a real kingdom, there is a king, and he is coming here to rescue us!!!!!
Meanwhile, while he is getting everything perfect in heaven and getting ready to come through at the right time, will we be beauties during rough times... dun dun dun... or will we turn into the beast?
I recently read this in Psalms and it made me laugh/cringe.
Psalm 73:21-22 "When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you."
Oh gosh how that made me cringe and laugh at the same time! Laugh, well because I know what hard times are like, and what a fitting way to describe the way we tend to act during those times! And cringe, well because yikes- I hope that being a beast is the farthest thing away from me! Brute beast and hard times go hand in hand, lol.When life really stinks it is so easy to take on a bad attitude. When dreams are shattered, tensions get high and perspective gets lost. The princess who behaves herself can get UGLY (think that line from Lion king when the hyenas say, "And boy are they uhhgly)! I sure hope that as I have traveled through these last several rough months that I have been a source of beauty to God and to the people around me and oh gosh, "cringe" not a brute beast.
I just want to encourage anyone out there keep hope during those dark times and be a beauty to those around you. Life is hard. There are so many awful things that happen to people and we need beauties who will step up and be a light to others. In Beauty and the Beast, the beast's hope was found in love. If someone would only love him and if he could learn to love in return, the beast would return to his origional nature. Being the beauty during those dark times will help others to shed their beastly nature and help them to become like God intended them to be. Like the hope of a first spring flower, so is the hope of the beauty to a cold and hurting world.
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