Knight in Shining Armor

So, When I was little I LOVED Eric from The Little Mermaid. He's gorgeous, I can't help it. He offered Ariel a world that she could feel more accepted in. She never felt like she fit in under the sea, and viola, here is this man offering her her dream world, and love. Naturally, Ursula tries to break them up, but they still fall in love and live happily ever after.

Unfortunately, we all need to learn that the real world isn't Disney.

It is so toxic to place all of that trust into this man, affirmation, comfort, acceptance, and love all becomes bestowed onto this man. Toxic, completely toxic.

BUT, guess who can take all that and make it not toxic? Jesus.

I think one of every girls struggle, is that we want this knight in shining armor to come in and fix all our problems. We want to open up and lay all this burden on them. They can take it and try to be that knight for you... or they can do exactly what you need, and turn away, giving you the opportunity to give that to the only man who can take it from you, the only man strong enough, loving enough, and perfect enough to take on all of that baggage. You see, men aren't perfect. But a good man will know that he isn't perfect. But Jesus, He's perfect. He also has the capability of healing that pain that we tend to log around on our shoulders. A good man won't let you make him your god, and will not try to take that log from you.

So we can't EXPECT him to let us do that. While we will always have our pasts, and we will always be who we are because of them, it's not healthy to expect an earthly man to fix that. We want to be the best we can be for the man God has for us. I want to be the best I can be for God, and for the man God has for me. But I can't ask God to give him to me, when I can not give myself over to God. It doesn't work that way, and when we become controlling and try to make it that way... it never works out. God has His plan, and when we accept God in our hearts, we give up control. But if we truly have accepted God in our hearts... wouldn't we want His plan, knowing that it's perfect? Well in our heads it would seem that way, but really, we're human, and we'll want to control our lives always. Dumb.

Anyways, point I am trying to make: You HAVE TO, you MUST offer your entire self over to the Lord. No matter if it has to deal with relationships, or jobs, or family, you cannot expect beauty out of our disastrous selves without the help of God. It just never ever will work that way. And fortunately we have a God who loves us so much, that He is more than willing to make something of our messes. A-freaking-men.