I have heard that filling your mind with fairytales and romantic stories is not good for your emotional stability. Some people think that they only pollute your mind with silliness and encourage you to live by your emotions and create unreasonable expectations. They say that you begin to think that your husband should only act like the men in our fantastical narratives, that you set yourself up for disappointment by clinging to stories full of romance.
But, I would beg to differ. Maybe if you allow yourself to be unforgiving about your expectations, maybe if you allow bitterness to dig a little deeper every time those expectations aren’t met, maybe then you are setting yourself up for a life of disappointment. But, God calls you to these stories for a reason. Your heart is attracted to them because you know, however deep down, that there is a real Prince Charming out there. And, no, maybe He doesn’t always do things as expected, but His love is real and pure and true. He loves you so very much that His life is focused solely on finding you and proving His love again and again. He leads you to these stories because He wants to have that with you. He longs to romance your heart.
And I am grateful for His love. For, in loving Him, I am free to love others. To love them without lofty expectations or selfish intentions, but only when I remember to direct my love to Him first.
*“Myths are stories which confront us with something transcendent and eternal.” - Roland Hein
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