Is There a Cinderella Story in the Bible?

Someone came to this blog the other day looking for the answer to the question Is there a Cinderella story in the Bible? The answer to that is yes and no. It depends on exactly what aspects of the Cinderella story you are referring to. No, you won’t find a maiden with a fairy godmother who transforms her into a princess, but yes, there are some stories that have similarities to the Cinderella story.


Consider the life of Joseph. His father loved Joseph, but his step-brothers hated him. They hated him so much that they threw him in a pit and would have killed him had not he older brother suggested they sell him instead. He was taken to Egypt and sold as a slave and eventually ended up in prison. But he had the gift of prophesy and he foretold of a great famine. The king was so convinced by Joseph that he put him in charge of preparing the land for a long period with few crops, making him a rule of the land. Joseph’s brothers came when they needed food and bowed before him.


Or consider Ruth. After her husband died, she went with her mother-in-law to her mother-in-law’s home land. Being poor, she gathered grain the reapers left in the fields of a wealthy farmer. He fell for Ruth and told the reapers to leave more behind for her than they normally would have. There’s even a shoe involved in this story.


The story of Esther is that of a maiden who marries a king.


David has a Cinderella-like story. Of his brothers, he was considered the most unlikely person to become king, but upon the direction of God, Samuel anointed him to be the king who would replace Saul.


And what about every gentile who has ever been saved by the grace of God? We were no better than dogs, but we have been made kings and priests. So, is there a Cinderella story in the Bible? Absolutely.

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James MacArthur said…
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 14:11.

Yes, and Jesus was ridiculed on the cross, but GOD raised him from the dead, and highly exalted him.

Thanks for this comparison between the Bible and Cinderalla. My Eng Lit lecturer agrees with you as well.
May 11, 2015 at 10:57 AM
James MacArthur said…
Also,
Psalm 132:18English Standard Version (ESV)His enemies I will clothe with shame,but on him his crown will shine.”

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace and wrapped in shame as in a cloak. Psalm 109:29

Vindicate me, my God, and plead my cause against an unfaithful nation. Rescue me from those who are deceitful and wicked. Psalm 43:1

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.
2O my God, in you I trust;
let me not be put to shame;
let not my enemies exult over me. Psalm 25
May 11, 2015 at 1:55 PM
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