Hey Everyone,
I've actually been writing and re-writing ideas for this thread in my head for nearly a month, but after a lot of prayer, I decided to sit down and turn it into a slight self-narration instead.
My main struggle with this topic is that, as with most things in life, I had both a very comical and a very dark approach to the subject, and I wasn't sure if I should try to tackle both perspectives all in one thread, or split the topic into two separate threads. I decided to try to merge them into one. We'll see how it goes.
My comical ideas centered around the fact that we all face what might be seen as "little dragons" everyday-- household chores (will that handsome knight clean your bathroom??), errands, paperwork, appointments, spiders, reaching for things on high shelves, and PTA meetings (personally, I would rather face spiders than go to most meetings any day--but that's just me.)
* Whether a damsel or a knight, what kinds of everyday things do you hope to have a significant other to help you with?
The other idea I had for this thread was contemplating the fact that we all face dragons in our lives that no one can see, and might be unconquerable in this lifetime (perhaps they can only be slayed on our way to heaven.) I had asked a fellow CC poster for his input on ideas for this thread, and he made what I thought was a profound observation: "Can the damsel be happy even if her knight can't slay the dragon?"
As just one example of the dragons so many face, I looked up a statistic from The National Children's Alliance and it stated that in 2015, it was estimated that nearly 700,000 children in the United States were abused and/or neglected. Personally, I always assume the stats are actually much higher, because so many cases go unreported.
We all know what happens to those children.
They grow up.
And eventually... they turn into you and me.
Christian or not, those invisible dragons are bound to rear their ugly heads in every area of our lives, most especially a marriage. After all, dragons are not known for politely going off into their caves and sleeping just because we tell them to do so. We get married, hoping to run from them... and, predictably, the dragons start to wake up and wreak havoc.
Once upon a time, I was fighting an invisible dragon, and mine was a bit different, seeing as I grew up in a loving, Christian home with absolutely no trauma or abuse. Nonetheless, I had a very powerful but unseen dragon that often influenced my thinking. I was very careful about whom I showed any hints of it, because the reactions I got was always the same--either deafening silence, or explosive anger, and so I just became very careful about letting it show. But, as with any dragon, it eventually left a visible ring of fire.
Someone in my life at that time took notice and, grabbing me by the virtual hand, told me, "We are not going to let this thing win!!! I don't have the answers. But, I'll keep praying until God shows us who we can go to in order to get them."
Although this person never became my knight, and even though he wasn't able to slay my dragon himself, it was the very fact that he was humble enough to know that he couldn't--but that he could pray continuously and keep chiding me to find the ones who at least knew how to fight it--that was the actual catalyst that opened a new door in my life.
A door... that is just a little bit further away from my dragon.
And so, I would like to ask all of you:
* Ladies and gentlemen... What are the dragons that you face in your life? (I am not asking anyone to write about anything overly personal here, as I know it could be a very sensitive subject.) Feel free to write about anything from daily chores and paying bills to overcoming loneliness or anything that you prayerfully feel comfortable sharing.
* Do you expect that your future knight or damsel will be able to slay your dragons? Why or why not?
* And if not, will you still be content, even if your God-given hero/heroine can't kill off your dragon? Why or why not, and what would you plan to do if your beloved can't fight it for you?
Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.
I realize there might not be many replies to this thread, but I look forward to reading anyone's thoughts who would like to share, and if reading this helps anyone in some small way, it is more than worth the struggle I had in writing it.
Thank you again for your time, take care, and God bless. <3
