Today I had lunch with my Grand-Princess, Mylee, and her daddy, my son, Matt. We went to my newest favorite place to go for lunch, the Mendenhall G&G http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mendenhall-G-and-G/114997378241. The owner, Pam, is becoming a dear friend of mine. She always greets me with a smile and a hug. We've even stopped and prayed together right there in the middle of her shop. Prayer has a way of connecting two people who really don't know each other that well. Anyway, before I make it to the deli in the back of the store for lunch, I love to look at all of the girlie things. Earrings! Necklaces! Bracelets! Rings! Purses! I'm amazed I ever make it past all of that stuff. There's always a great Lunch Plate Special and a big 'ol cup of the best sweet tea.
Mylee joined me today in all my oohin' and aahin'. "Look, NeNe, rings!" "Pretty bracelet!" She made me laugh out loud when I turned around and saw her walking toward me with the cutest little purse shaped like an elephant strapped across her shoulder. We both agreed we didn't need a purse today so we cheerfully put it back. She really was cheerful about it and I really was glad because one little pouty lip and a "Please, NeNe" and she would've had herself a new elephant purse.
I call Mylee my little Grand-Princess because my daddy always calls (yes, that's present tense because he still does) me his Princess. That rightly makes Mylee the GRAND-Princess. Our church Missions Pastor, Jim MacLellan, preached this past Sunday and reminded us that as Believers, we are also Princes and Princesses. Being a Believer/Princess doesn't mean just living a life of royalty, it means serving the people. He pointed out the modern day Princesses like Diana and Grace Kelly who spent their reign serving.
My little Mylee is indeed a Princess. She's a part of a royal Kingdom. I want to influence her not to view herself as a princess who just gets spoiled rotten and given everything she wants, but as a princess who is to use her resources, her time, her life to serve others. The best way I can influence her is to act like a Princess myself. Lord, Jesus, may we both grow up to be Servant Princesses in your Kingdom.
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