Me and the Queen
October 8, 2006Today in Sunday School we talked about Snow White. I, (Like you, I presume) thought it was juvenile at furst, but it actually turned out to be a really good lesson. One of the really cool things that I took away from the lesson was when the Queen asked:
Miror mirror on the wall
who is the fairest of them all?
The mirror told the Queen that she wasn’t the fairest of them all, and that the only woman fairer than herself was Snow White. The Queen was not satisfied at all with being the “second fairest.”
I quickly identified with the Queen.
In so many areas of my life, I find my value from being, or trying to be, the best at something. If I meet a better guitarist, or a better juggler, or a better student, or anyone who is better than me at something, I immediately feel like I am inferior to that person. And, in response, I try even harder to be a better, say, guitarist.
It is extremely hard for me to not be envious of someone else’s talent. I immediately want to prove that I am better than they are, rather than accepting, and being excited about their gifts. But in reality, my value and worth as a person has no relation at all to how good of guitarist (or anything else) I am. I am valuable because I am created in Christ’s image, not because I can play some stupid piece of wood with metal strings on it, or throw dumb balls into the air and catch them. I feel like I have gotten alot better at this lately. Mostly because I have met some people who can really kick my butt at alot of things. But when I finally learn to completely accept that I can find my value in Christ and only Christ, I think that my life will be a whole lot more enjoyable.
I think I’ll work on that…
Wow, that’s really cool. Who knew you could learn so much from Snow White.:)But that is really cool, it gives you something to think about.
Interesting how God can use a “juvenile” story to show us our sin, remind us of His love, and even to change our hearts.
I wonder if the apostles thought Jesus was “talking down” to them when he spoke the parables? No doubt the Pharisees did. And no doubt I would have, had I been there.
Thanks for your valuable input today, and for giving me enough grace to let me teach you through children’s books and fairy tales.
ryan, good to hear your thoughts. glad to hear people are still kicking your butt.
we still need to get some moe’s. give me a call.