Every Daughter of the King is a Princess

This morning I woke up with an old song in my head..it might be familiar to you:

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. When I feel afraid, and think I've lost my way, still your there right beside me..."

I have NO idea why this song I sung years and years ago was in my head upon waking up, but I thought about how much it goes along with The Princess and the Goblin. At first I thought this book wasn't so good, until Dr. Robinson suggested all the religous allegories and some things started to click; and I'm really getting into it! I started thinking about it, and I realized how true it all is. Really though..everything can be paralleled to something in Christianity. The Goblins=devil; Mountain=struggles; Grandmother=angel/Godly figure; Grandmothers lamp=faith; to name a few. It reminds me of a book called Pilgrim's Progress, where the main charachter "Christian" goes on a journey, which is his Christian walk with God. Everything in it ties into real life, some trials and tribulations Christians go through.
My favorite part of the book, I must say, is how Irene calls her dad King-papa. I love this illustration of Irene and her fathers relationship because I really believe MacDonald wanted to portray how every daughter of our King (God) is a Princess and is loved by him so so much. As a girl, I come to those times in my life when I feel not so pretty and pretty low, but things like this help me realize that is never true. I could probably go on and on about this book and what I've come to understand, but I think I may write one of my research papers on it! =D!!