While I was in Disney this past weekend, I experienced so sweet it brought tears to my eyes. A long-time "dream" of my mom's has been to dine in Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom. So on Friday night, her, the two little girls, and myself all went to the castle. We were treated like royalty from the get-go.

The girls were given wands and called "Princesses" and mom and I were termed "Ladies". We went in to await our turn to go upstairs to the royal table to partake of some wonderfully delicious food (and Coke!) but first, we got to meet Cinderella herself. We had our picture taken with her and I decided that she must be a southern belle in order to stand in those heels with that smile pasted on her face all day long speaking so soft and lady like. Regardless, the magic of Disney was there and it was fun. So we sat down to await our turn, just watching as others were ushered in to the waiting room and got to meet her.

Then came a family with a little girl. All I saw was the look on this little girl's face as she took in Cinderella. It was a look of absolute adoration. It was as if all her little girl dreams were coming true in that moment. She couldn't get enough. She couldn't even speak as Cinderella spoke to her. She just looked. And she smiled. But a smile of utter awe. It was as if time stopped as this little girl just adored Cinderella. Even as they went to take the pictures, the little girl could not take her eyes off Cinderella. And I thought she was going to melt into the embrace that Cinderella gave her. Never have I seen such a look.

Shortly after that, mom informed me that the little girl was a "Make a Wish" child. Even thinking about it now, the tears are so close to the surface.

But then as the weekend progressed, it hit me that the way she looked at Cinderella will probably be the way I look at Jesus one day. As if all my dreams are coming true and I just can't take my eyes off Him.

However, even more than that, that ought to be the way I look at Him now. All my hopes and dreams should be built up in Him so that when I ponder Him, I should have the same feeling as that little girl; that He is it. He's all I ever wanted. Just a little humbling. :)

Side note: the meal was sinfully fantastic and so was the Coke I had craved for the whole week!