I cannot tell you how many times I have come across this
statement while scrolling through my Facebook news feed or my Twitter. Today
had to have been at least the third time I have seen these words. I think today
just ended up being the final straw with this statement for me, it struck me a
certain way today and it really upset me. I asked my husband, Chad, to listen
to it as I read it aloud to him and to tell me what his first reaction was. He
laughed and answered; “Now they’re just giving men an excuse to act like
jerks.” Simply put, he’s right. I wanted to ask Chad what he thought just to be
extra positive I wasn’t reading too much into it or being upset for no reason,
but even he found the statement disturbing. 

I just wanted to respond to every young girl that I saw post
that and say, “Honey, you have it all wrong.” I just wish I could have reached
out and held their hand, looked into their eyes and said, “Darling, you are a
princess, don’t you see?” And every guy that I saw share that post, I just wanted
to scream and say, “What are you thinking?” and if you know me at all, I am not
one to get easily angered, but this really, truly upset me.

Ladies, any man worth having in your life should treat you
like a princess. Why? Because my precious girls, you ARE a princess. You are
the daughter of the Highest King, and you deserve to be treated just that way. The
man who deserves a precious daughter of a King in his life is a man who will
spoil and admire you as the precious treasure that you are. We are so quick to
settle for just being the girlfriend, for just being that girl he’s with. We
are so much more than just THAT girl; to that one special man we are THE girl.
We are the girl that God placed in His life to treasure him, to help him, to
encourage him. The girl that he is called to take care of, to treasure, to
lead, to love, and to respect. I am so tired of watching girls settle for less
than they deserve.

Ladies, look in the mirror. I don’t want you to look and see
all the things you wish you could change about yourself. I don’t want you to
look and see everything that you don’t have that the girl over there has. I
don’t want you to imagine what you could look like, if only this were different.
I want you to look in the mirror and be amazed at what you see. You are
beautiful, you are marvelous, and you are perfect in the eyes of the Creator.
Every little detail that makes up who you are, whether it be something you like
about yourself or something you don’t, it’s all a part of who you are. You are
treasured above all else that God created, do you realize what that means? That
means that when you look around this world at all the beautiful things God
created, that is nothing in His eyes when it compares to who you are. You are
His precious creation. You are His precious treasure. You are His daughter.

If God sees you as that, don’t you think the man in your
life should treat you that way? You are a precious treasure, a precious jewel,
a princess, the daughter of the King. More importantly, you should expect any
man who is asking of your time to treat you as a princess. If he is not willing
to show you that he is worth you spending time on, then he is definitely not
worth you wasting your time on. You should expect nothing less.

The man of your dreams, your prince charming that you so
long to meet, you will meet him just don’t give up. Don’t start to cross those
things off your wish list, don’t start to compromise what you want. God knows
what you want, and more than just knowing what you want, He cares about what
you want. He cares about every little request, and even beyond that He knows
what you want and will need that you haven’t even thought of yourself. Your
prince charming will be just that, your prince charming. And my precious
princess, a prince knows how to treat a princess.

#Throwback Thursday: A link up with A Royal Daughter – Desire to Inspire