There is something about our imagination that can take something mediocre (or someone) and transform them into a prince. It isn't until reality sets in that the mist over our eyesight is gone and we realize we have "kissed a frog". It isn't easy to erase the frog image and get the prince back.
I did this to a car one time. Someone who was going to help me get an inspection on my car and I went to look at new Volkswagons. Why? you ask? I don't know, it was a good idea at the time. The end result, I drove off that lot with a new car. I was sick at my stomach. My companion was excited! I was terrified. How was I going to pay for it?
I was attending Southern Bible College at the time and we had a redheaded business manager named Bro. McMullen. I went into his office and explained my predicament. Well, Super Dad McMullen went with me to that dealership and I drove out in my car!
That frog led me to a prince who delivered me from a situation I was not prepared to live with. How often God has done that very thing for me! He directs my steps and brings about deliverance out of a place of debt that is not His plan.
Psalm 32:7 says, "You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance." He used a special individual to help deliver me.
I have used eye drops more often through the years to ensure I recognized the frogs and didn't mistake them for a prince! Sometimes it even worked!!
