I have a confession. Some years back, probably about 6 or
so. One of my biggest pet peeves
was grown women who called themselves ‘Princess so and so’. It drove me crazy.
I think I’ve actually even said out loud, “You are a grown woman why are you
still walking around with this childhood moniker? “
Fast Forward to today, I spent the morning repenting.
Repenting for trying to take the crown off of another woman’s head, from not
seeing it as an identification of self worth. Now, whether that was their intention or not is irrelevant,
so many women have damaged self-esteem, lack self worth, insecurity issues,
beauty hang ups and body issues that the ability to identify yourself as
ROYALTY is simply stunning. Sometimes you have to speak over yourself, encourage
yourself and maybe when you don’t feel like ROYALTY is the exact time you
should identify that you are the daughter of a KING.
In order to
explain the premise of KEEPING YOUR CROWN, I’m going to use cooking. Now I
understand that not every woman cooks but every woman is a nurturer.
In my first relationship when I would cook for my
boyfriend by the time I finished cooking, I usually had an attitude. I didn’t
know why. He was always excited when I cooked, which was rare, but by the time
we sat down to eat I was blahhhh at best.
It took some years but , I realized I wasn’t doing what I wanted to do.
I was doing what I felt like I should do. Which I resented because I also felt
like I was doing everything else as well.
My next ‘significant’ relationship, when I cooked I enjoyed
it a lil more. There was rarely a time that I was in the kitchen that my ex
wasn’t offering to help, cutting vegetables, setting the table or just
available to support me and express his gratitude but I have to admit, only
thing I cooked was my favorite dishes. He never complained or even asked for
anything else.
My next ‘significant’ relationship, I can count on one hand
how many times I cooked. He cooked. He cooked well, so I cleaned up. He loved when I made special request so
that I did. But, there were times in the relationship where I felt ‘ What am I
doing for him?’ I always searched for ways to do more.
My next ‘significant’ relationship, I thought this was my
husband. Funny thing, one of the reasons I thought he was my husband was
because I looked forward to cooking for him, lol. He couldn’t boil an egg but
he did the dishes afterwards and I struggled to find recipes that would have
leftovers because he ate an obscene amount, lol. But, I cooked things he liked.
I stopped cooking with red meat. I stopped cooking pork, except for my holiday
ham ;-) I took delight in cooking for him majority of the time, in fact if I
didn’t cook I felt like I was making a stand, that he needed to identify. Hit
him where it hurts, in the belly.
That relationship ended and I promise so did every culinary
skill I possessed. Even my 'go to dishes', all began to suck. Suddenly, I can’t cook! Seriously! I need
someone to tell me if this has ever happened to them.
As women
we are nurturers by nature. If you meet a women who doesn’t posses a giving
spirit or an innate desire to nurture, pray for her identity to be restored. She
may have been wounded and she is wearing her wounds as a form of protection. I’ve experienced hurt like I’ve never
experienced recently but during this time of healing I’m learning, what my crown
means. I listened to Joel Osteen
and here are some of the things he encouraged us (men included) to do in reference to keeping
our crowns.
- Hold fast to what you have.
- Don’t let a failure take your crown.
- Who told you, you weren’t royalty? Not God!
- Your crown is your FAVOR.
- Don’t let a loss carry away your blessing.
- Nothing that has happened has stopped God’s plan.
- You’ve forgotten who you are.
God says in
Deuteronmy 31:6 “I will never leave you or forsake you.” If they left you, they weren’t apart of your
destiny.
Where there is no crown sister there is no covering. I
encourage you to discover your standards through Christ. Identify yourself as
fearfully and wonderfully made as the bible tells us. Recall the things that
may have made you feel less than, that may have caused you to lower your
standards, that may have blocked you from being who you genuinely desire to be
and pray for deliverance. Let nothing knock your crown off your heads. Identify
the crown others wear, and respect it.
It’s not about having an air, it’s about
being an HEIR to the throne of the most high.
We are to look more like HIM
every day sisters, Leave em in AWE!
If you personally or you know a sister who needs to discover
or rediscover her place of royalty please pray this prayer. God we thank you.
Thank you Lord that we are never too far from your reach. Thank you for this
reminder on this day. Thank you for welcoming us back with open arms, a signet
ring, a queenly robe and a crown of splendor. Thank you father for allowing the
lows but declaring the highs in our lives. We receive your word father. We know
our position in you and ask that you help us to place our crowns of honor, dignity,
self respect, peace, love, grace, patience and forgiveness back on our heads and that we may express it through our lives from this day forward. In Jesus name we pray,
AMEN.
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