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In honor of Frozen being released on DVD, I thought I’d devote a blog post to some things I took away from it (besides the song, “Let it Go” getting stuck in my head).
It has been a long time since I loved a Disney movie as much as I did Frozen. Besides the incredible music and powerful story, I related to the characters in deep ways. If my sister had frozen our kingdom before running away to hide from the world, I would have blamed myself just like Anna did, arriving at her door shouting, “It’s just me; your sister, who made you freeze summer.” When someone that Anna loved turned out to be a creep and justified his behavior with, “You were so desperate for love that I knew I could get what I wanted” I literally got chills.
My heart ached most for Elsa and her legitimate refusal to let anyone in, isolated by the thing that made her different, born with a power she never asked for and didn’t seem to have any control over. I think I would have stormed off to build a castle of ice too.
But what hit me first was the scene where Elsa and her family must come to grips with her power and one of the dwarves tells Elsa, “Fear will be your greatest enemy.”
Is that true or what? At least I know it has been in my life. Elsa’s story reminded me that:
Fear isolates us. Think about how much time she missed out on with her sweet, fun-loving little sister.
Fear robs us of fun. She couldn’t even enjoy her own coronation.
Fear brings out our worst. As we see every time she is confronted or exposed.
Fear hurts those who love us. Did it not rip your heart out every time Anna knocked on her sister’s bedroom door asking to build a snowman?
Fear causes people to misunderstand us. When she pushes her sister away, it’s easy to forget that Elsa really is a nice girl; she’s just afraid.
Fear must be faced eventually. And Elsa spends most of the movie facing hers just as I have had to face many of mine in recent years.
When has fear been your greatest enemy? What fears is God helping you overcome? How has He helped you grow in courage?
It has been a long time since I loved a Disney movie as much as I did Frozen. Besides the incredible music and powerful story, I related to the characters in deep ways. If my sister had frozen our kingdom before running away to hide from the world, I would have blamed myself just like Anna did, arriving at her door shouting, “It’s just me; your sister, who made you freeze summer.” When someone that Anna loved turned out to be a creep and justified his behavior with, “You were so desperate for love that I knew I could get what I wanted” I literally got chills.
My heart ached most for Elsa and her legitimate refusal to let anyone in, isolated by the thing that made her different, born with a power she never asked for and didn’t seem to have any control over. I think I would have stormed off to build a castle of ice too.
But what hit me first was the scene where Elsa and her family must come to grips with her power and one of the dwarves tells Elsa, “Fear will be your greatest enemy.”
Is that true or what? At least I know it has been in my life. Elsa’s story reminded me that:
Fear isolates us. Think about how much time she missed out on with her sweet, fun-loving little sister.
Fear robs us of fun. She couldn’t even enjoy her own coronation.
Fear brings out our worst. As we see every time she is confronted or exposed.
Fear hurts those who love us. Did it not rip your heart out every time Anna knocked on her sister’s bedroom door asking to build a snowman?
Fear causes people to misunderstand us. When she pushes her sister away, it’s easy to forget that Elsa really is a nice girl; she’s just afraid.
Fear must be faced eventually. And Elsa spends most of the movie facing hers just as I have had to face many of mine in recent years.
When has fear been your greatest enemy? What fears is God helping you overcome? How has He helped you grow in courage?
My heart ached most for Elsa and her legitimate refusal to let anyone in, isolated by the thing that made her different, born with a power she never asked for and didn’t seem to have any control over. I think I would have stormed off to build a castle of ice too.
But what hit me first was the scene where Elsa and her family must come to grips with her power and one of the dwarves tells Elsa, “Fear will be your greatest enemy.”
Is that true or what? At least I know it has been in my life. Elsa’s story reminded me that:
Fear isolates us. Think about how much time she missed out on with her sweet, fun-loving little sister.
Fear robs us of fun. She couldn’t even enjoy her own coronation.
Fear brings out our worst. As we see every time she is confronted or exposed.
Fear hurts those who love us. Did it not rip your heart out every time Anna knocked on her sister’s bedroom door asking to build a snowman?
Fear causes people to misunderstand us. When she pushes her sister away, it’s easy to forget that Elsa really is a nice girl; she’s just afraid.
Fear must be faced eventually. And Elsa spends most of the movie facing hers just as I have had to face many of mine in recent years.
When has fear been your greatest enemy? What fears is God helping you overcome? How has He helped you grow in courage?
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