How did your Christmas holidays go? Was it all you expected it to be? New Years Day is a mere two days away! How can that be? Another year has passed and the exciting prospects of the year 2026 are crouching at the door! At the beginning of December, we purposed to focus on the character of each of the five princesses in “A Royal Christmas to Remember”. The last princess of the five is the youngest and most adventurous princess of them all! Her name is Charity and she is lion-hearted and bold!
Always daring, in “Princess Charity’s Courageous Heart”, Princess Charity takes her horse for a ride to Pinnacle point. She is careful to obey her father’s instruction to stay within the castle’s boundaries for her safety. Suddenly, from her vantage point she witnesses a grave accident and is faced with a choice: should she risk her father’s anger to save the injured boys life, or should she pass by, as if she did not see it?
Charity’s choice, just like the one Jesus talks about in the “Good Samaritan” story, could impact her entire kingdom! Lost in her quandary, she recalls her father telling her that a true princess shows love and mercy for those that are hurting and reaching out to help them was real “charity”- in-action. (Luke 10:30—37)
Princess Charity did not always make the right decision, but on this she was firm. She was frightened and unsure, but in the end, she chose the charitable action and risked herself to save the hurt boy, Jack! Never dreaming she would receive anything in return, her courageous heart was rewarded with peace between her kingdom and Sir Richard’s opposing kingdom…and she gained a new friend!
As we face the coming year with its challenges, we rehearse the last few weeks and the opportunities we were given to be charitable and kind, investing whatever we have to help those in need. How did we do? After all… this is the test of true charity and our calling!
Let’s face the New Year with a “Courageous Heart”!
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
