You Shall Call Her Princess

There was a day of study this week that really touched my heart, quite possibly because almost every girl dreams of being a princess at some point in her childhood.

The lesson was on Sarai, the wife of Abraham and God said to him in Genesis 17:15, "you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah." The meaning of the name Sarah? It's princess.

Sarai was almost 90 years old and had never given birth. In a time and culture where barrenness was a shame to the woman, her husband, and her family, Sarai was likely looked upon as useless, unfit, an outcast, a freak. In this I can relate. But to God? She was to be the mother of a nation, kings would come from her, and He blessed her.

"You shall call her Princess", God said. And one of the last lines of that day's lesson read this way:

God can change anyone -- no matter what she's been called -- into a princess. (1)

My heart just melts at the thought and the one below too. Revel in the words of the Psalmist today:

The king is enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your Lord. ~ Psalm 45:11

(1) The Patriarchs by Beth Moore; 2005; page 47