A Cinderella Story

There are quite a few stories in my little girl's rooms that I adore.

The Giving Tree, If you give a mouse a cookie or Big Red Barn would all be on my top five list for sure. But, my favorite story of all time, even today, is the story of Cinderella.

I love it all! The fairy godmother, the pumpkin that becomes a beautiful carriage, the mice that become horsemen and the magical moment at the ball when the Prince falls madly in love with Cinderella.

It's truly a beautiful story that just never gets old.

But do you realize that this story of Cinderella is exactly how Jesus Christ views us?

Before Him, we are truly just a common girl, a life of ashes and rags. We are no one spectacular. We are separated from the dance of our lives with our King.

This invitation, just like the one Cinderella got, is available for all. Cinderella was invited to come and dance with the Prince. But you and I have a much grander scale of an invitation, it's one to dance with the King.

You see, Cinderella had no way to get to the ball on her own, she had tried every effort of her own, she needed something big to happen! In the same way, we can try every type of religion, self-help book and theology out there, but there is still something keeping us from the dance with our King. It's called sin.

Sin separates us from our God. He is to holy and perfect to look at sin. He loves us, He calls us by name, but we cannot dance with Him without being transformed.

When Cinderella's fairy godmother waved her wand, with some bippity boppity boo, she became a beautiful woman! She looked nothing like her old self. She was transformed from a common girl, to a beautiful woman in just a moments time.

In order to become a princess of God, we too need a defining moment like this. But the incredible gift, is Jesus, who is in a way our fairy godmother. He has the "touch", the "gift", the "way" to the ball......the dance of our life with our King. And He made that way on the cross, when He died for you and I.

As He hung on that cross, the word "beautiful" rung in His ear as He thought of your name.

John 3:16 says, "For God so loved the world that He sent his one and only son, that whosoever believes in Him should not die but have everlasting life."

The invitation was sent out on that day. "Will you come and have everlasting life, with me?"

I love it when the fairy godmother shows up in Cinderella's life. Cinderella doesn't question her, she doesn't ask, "Who let you out of the loony bin?", she simply believes in her fairy godmother's abilities to transform her!

Have we taken the time to believe in Jesus's abilities to transform us? Have we fully believed in Him and accepted the invitation of a lifetime?

The bible says in Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved".

So will you accept this invitation today? Will you allow Jesus to transform your life like never before? Have you called upon the name of the Lord?

If so, I pray that you will ask the Lord to simply become your King, forever. That you believe in the son of God, Jesus Christ, that He paid this ultimate price for you to come and begin the dance of your life with your King. And that you surrender your "old" life of ashes and rags, and you trade it in for your ball gown and tiara.

This is the beginning of your story, with you God, your King.

Ladies, we all have a story. Will you share in the comments over the next few days how Jesus has transformed your life? Will you share about your defining moment where you accepted the invitation from your King? Will you share how you fell in love with your God?

Jesus changes lives. Stories change lives. Will you share your Cinderella Story?