Happily Ever After....

Have you ever noticed how obsessed our society is with Fairytales. Most children’s movies and many adult movies follow the fairytale guidelines: Good triumphing over evil, prince meeting princess, everything returned to its rightful peaceful place and everyone living happily ever after (unless you are the bad guy). We love reading about fairytales (William and Kate, Mary and Fredrick) and love pretending our own lives are a fairytale (big white weddings) but unfortunately life does not usually follow the fairytale formula. Good does not always triumph over evil, the prince does not always get to save his princess and usually things remain in this chaotic mess with no one living happily ever after. So why do we love fairytales so much. Perhaps there is something inside all of us that longs for peace and love to conquer all and for the good to triumph over evil. We all long for a happily ever after. 

So what if I told you there is such a thing. In this broken and evil world there is the perfect fairytale and we are all welcome to be a part of it! “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16; “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:6-8. Love truly can conquer all: all our failings, all our fears and allows us to live happily ever after into eternity. This world is evil but as the Author of this great fairytale says “I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33. So don’t just take my word for it, if you would like to know more about this real life fairytale then you must read the book (The Bible) and see for yourself if you want to be a part of it!