When Love Finds Me

I'm waiting. Hopefully, perhaps a bit impatiently, but still waiting. 'What are you waiting for, and Who?' you ask. I answer with a smile on my lips and a song in my heart. I'm waiting for love, I await my Prince Charming.
I firmly believe that there is true romance still in our world today, and chivalry is still alive too. I am living in what some might call an ideal world, a fantasy. But my fantasy is hinged to real life.
'What is your fantasy world like? What is it like living in a fairy tale? What do you see when you look into your heart?' I see love.
I am loved. Already. My Prince Charming has not come yet, but I am still loved by someone better…my Maker and Redeemer. There is a future for me, with a Prince Charming and love. But that love will be the fulfillment of my Lover's promise now, 'I will never forget you.' When my knight-in-shining-armor comes, he will be any earthly fulfillment of my God's promise.
People tell me 'there is no such thing, no such person, as a knight, and as a Prince nowdays, why bother waiting. Why do you wait for what will never come?' Because I hope. I have met Prince Charmings and knights-in-shining-armor, and I have seen them sweep a Princess, a damsel-in-distress, off her feet into love. They have been friends of mine, true Princes and true Princesses, and their joy is real. They hoped, they waited, and love found them.
Love does not come swiftly, but it does come softly. Patience builds the heart, prepares it, nurtures it, so that when it is time, it is the best it can be.
The Prince destined for me will be handsome, charming and polite. He will be funny, a lover of life and a learner. In short, he will be perfect. Why should I set my eyes on an impossible goal? The perfect man is unachievable, after all, he will be human. So why should I wait for something that will never come?
Because I believe that the Lord has someone picked out for me, me alone, and when he comes, he will be what fills the gap in my heart and shows me the way to heaven. He won't be perfect, but he will be perfect for me.
Some of you may have read The Fairy Tales retold series by Regina Doman. If you haven't, read them, they are great. This story is inspired by Waking Rose, the 3rd in the series. Enjoy.