Repeat after me, “I Am A Queen!” Did you say it? I hope so. You may be wondering why I asked you to say that. Well, I have a good reason. Without a doubt, you are a Queen. God just blessed me to have another birthday two weeks ago. Thank you, Jesus! One of my dear friends sent me a video that addressed me as a “Queen!” I took a moment to think about it and thought to myself, “I Am A Queen!”
How often do we think of ourselves in simplistic and sometimes mediocre ways? Not saying that we should think more of ourselves than what we are, but if you don’t feel well about yourself, tell me who will. Too many women have poor self-images and low self-esteem, which often stems from how others perceive them. If you look in the mirror at yourself and think about who you really are, you most likely will see a different person from who others see. Look at yourself and say, “I Am A Queen!”
When my oldest granddaughter, who is eight years old, was younger, I called her a “Princess.” I called her Princess London when she was born because she was born the day before Prince George of Cambridge. When she was old enough to grasp what I was calling her, she adamantly would reply, “I am not a princess. I am a queen!” We all laughed about it, but she was serious and would cry when I called her a princess. To this day, I don’t know why she felt that way and why she placed herself in a higher status of a Queen, but you know what? Now my thoughts are she is a queen in the making, and she needs to know she is royalty because she is the child of a King.
Therefore, my sisters, let’s teach our young daughters, granddaughters, nieces, etc., to believe in themselves and know they are unique. They are to be loved, not abused or mistreated. Quite the opposite, they are to be respected and treated well. If we teach them to reach for those things above and not beneath, they will regard themselves with higher self-esteem. And they can say proudly, “I Am A Queen!”
Hence as they grow and mature, they will know and understand what is acceptable treatment from others. Do we instruct them to be prideful? God forbid. But, we must do everything in our power to ensure that they grow up loving God first and themselves next. A person who does not love themself may render self-abuse and or allow themselves to be recipients of physical or emotional abuse.
Lastly, the lack of essential teaching and learning early on can be detrimental to our young sisters. Let’s teach them to be God-fearing, kind, loving, caring, self-assured, and confident in their capabilities. Never forget you are a queen, so teach them to be queens and say, “I Am A Queen!” Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Isaiah 62:3. I’ll be back next week with a new post, “No Pressure, Please!”
Be encouraged, and God bless!
Sister Jackie