LOVE THAWS: Disney's Frozen

Love THAWS

Christmas Day 2013, my family went to the movies to finally see Frozen, the most recently highly acclaimed Disney movie. I knew I would enjoy the movie, but I could not have anticipated that it would be the subject of my next post!

"Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter." 

"Summary, Pictures, & Photos from Frozen (2013) - IMDb." 27 Dec. 2013 <http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3873693440/tt2294629>)

Young Princess Elsa had a gift/curse with cold and ice. As a child, she could cover a room with ice, make it snow, and touch items and freeze them. After an incident, her father the king locked the family away in the castle and sentenced Elsa to solitude in order to protect Elsa and keep her powers secret.  This isolation caused her to have a strained relationship with her with her younger sister, Anna. 

Long story short, once Elsa grew to age to inherit the throne, her abilities were exposed to the coronation guests; as a result,  her icy powers trapped the kingdom in eternal winter. Incredibly enough, she finally felt comfortable in her own skin and created an awesome ice castle and discovered all that she could do with this gift/curse. However, In anger she accidentally strikes her sister Anna in the heart with her powers. It would take a sacrificial act of love from Anna to save her sister. 

Well, the Queen did not know how to return their land back to summer, but she wanted to. At the end, Anna sacrificed her life to save her sister from harm; consequently she turned into a frozen statue. Elsa recovers and sees her sister's fate, causing her to weep and clutch on to the Anna statue while blaming herself for bringing this upon her. However, when Anna saved Elsa, it was an act of true love, and this thaws her frozen heart and brings her back to life. Elsa is overwhelmingly joyous at the turn of events, shocked by the fact that Anna risked her life to save her. Anna responds by telling Elsa she loves her, and that's what thawed her heart.  (disney.com) 

Get to the point KIM. (there are so many things I could talk about regarding this movie, but I will get to THIS point:) Elsa realizes that the curse can be lifted, and that love is the key to doing so. Realizing that love enables her to control her powers, Elsa is able to use this and focuses herself, removing the icy curse from their land and bringing summer back to the kingdom.  My favorite line of this movie, and subject for this post, is when Elsa whispered,

 "Love will THAW. Love. Of Course! Love." 

AND THIS MEANS WHAT?

Let me start with the the definition of cold-hearted: lacking feeling or warmth, unkind, or indifferent.  "cold-hearted - The Free Dictionary." 2005. 27 Dec. 2013 <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cold-hearted>

Is your heart COLD? Do you feel indifferent about the holidays?  Why? Do you treat others unkindly now or during the year? If so, reflect for a moment: what made your heart cold? Has life caused you to not care about the holidays? Do you count down until New Year's so it will all be over? Maybe you used to have fabulous holidays, but now there is pain associated with the entire season. Perhaps you don't celebrate anymore because it hurts too much, due to the loss of a loved one, or disappointment from expectations not met. 

But I want you to think about the love that God showed by sending His son thaw your heart; it was also an ACT OF TRUE LOVE.  Want a real resolution? Renew your walk with Christ for the New Year. He wants us to have a CLEAN HEART (Psalm 41:10), not a COLD HEART. Let the WARMTH of GOD'S LOVE THAW your heart!

A THAW in the movie FROZEN resulted in  Elsa reviving her bond with Anna and is praised by her people for freeing them from the curse.  Who might you reconnect with? Someone else needs that warmth from you so who can you love? How can you show that love? Go ahead, get out a piece of paper and make a list! Check it twice! 

LESSON LEARNED: 

This holiday season, let GOD'S LOVE THAW you. God loves you! Hallelujah! This is what celebrating Christmas is all about. It's not about a BABY being born: oh no no no there is more to this wonderful story. This story is about God's love sacrifice of Jesus, who came to die to pay the price of sin. "For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

Take that gift, praise and thank GOD for it and go live your live, in CHRIST. 

Peace, love, and hairgrease! KIM