A few days ago, I posted a link from Focus on the Family. Where Dr. Juli Slattery asks, Is There a Hero in Your Husband? I absolutely love what she has to say about women and what we can do for our husbands and our marriage.
As my week went on, and I spoke with a few friends, I began thinking about Heroes.
Most women love a good romance. In fact, we all begin as young girls in love with fairytales. We love the idea of getting swept off our feet and finding ourselves lost in love. The perfect example of how young that dream starts would be my seven-year-old daughter, who has adored the Disney Princesses for most of her life. She is obsessed with those little princesses that all have one thing in common; they were all damsels in distress that were saved by men, their princes, their heroes.
A hero, “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities." Who doesn't want to be saved by a hero? What woman at some time in her life hasn't fantasized about a man who would come and wrap his arms around her and be her hero? Her knight in shining armor that would comfort her when she was sick, tired, afraid, hurt or just lonely. We all desire to be loved and protected at all costs.
Some of us believe we have found him. A man that loves us and makes us feel like he truly is our protector. However, for many, a hero has yet to come. Many may have thought that they had found their hero only to be betrayed, hurt or abandoned. Left, only to realize that he was not the man he said he was or the hero she thought him to be. Others have been waiting to find him for years, their whole life even. Waiting for some man to come, change her life, love her unconditionally and give her everything that she felt she was lacking.
If you are one of those women who is waiting for your Hero, I am reminding you that your Hero has already arrived. He loved you so much he came especially to save you! Maybe you did not notice, because you did not feel his arms wrapped around you, but he did something even more amazing than that, He wrapped his whole existence around you!
Let Jesus be your Hero.
Your Savior. Your Healer. Your Protector.
There will be many times that us women will feel weak and in need of a hero, but we must always remember that we already have a heavenly one! One who has promised us many things.
“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.” Luke 6:21
Life can be messy. Sometimes it hurts. What can we do about it? Pray! …full disclosure, because our Hero is listening. Whatever it is, that is causing us distress at this very moment, He will be there to listen and bring us peace. God has a plan for each of us. Sometimes His timing does not coincide with our plans, but He has not forgotten you. Everything will fall into place!
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; Proverbs 3:5
On the very first Christmas that my husband spent with me and my family, he read from the book of Matthew at our reading. The words that meant the most to me were, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you…”
My entire life, I longed for a special kind of love, a hero, but I never fully recognized the Hero that stood before me. Now I do.
Today, I am linking up with Julie at Marriage Mondays
