Sinnerella

Hello, my name is Cristiana. When I was a child I loved the story of Cinderella. It was my favorite fairy tale. I dreamed of when my handsome prince would rescue me from the misery of feeling unloved, unimportant, stupid and only good for cleaning up after others. When I was older and in school, I felt unimportant, unwanted and outcast. Then I discovered the agony and ecstasy of being cared about by a young man. It was wonderful to finally feel like someone loved me. But after marriage, the fantasy crumbled as I only had more housework, not less, and the dreams I had for my life were not coming true. After a few years, my marriage ended and I became bitter and jaded about love. When I met another man who loved me, I was full of hope and dreams again. We married and I was soon pregnant. With the birth of my daughter, I fell in love again. However, I began to resent that my life only seemed to be about doing menial work. My high and lofty dreams seemed unreachable, and I came to realize that my husband was not the prince I had dreamed of who would take me away from the daily drudgery. So I began to wonder what the Cinderella story was really about, and Sinnerella was what God showed me. I understand that the story of Cinderella is present in other cultures and I believe that God gave this story to the human race because it has a message for women. I hope that my retelling of this tale opens your eyes to a God who is wooing you in the midst of the mess of your shattered dreams and broken heart.