Frozen - By Fear

Frozen – By Fear

Disney’s movie “Frozen” has touched a lot of hearts this holiday season. I can see why!

Frozen is based on Hans Christian Anderson’s story, “The Snow Queen”. Disney’s Frozen is the story of two sisters, princesses. Elsa, the elder sister has the power to make ice and snow. Anna, the younger sister is happy go lucky and totally normal.

At a very young age the King and Queen warn Elsa to hide her powers because they fear the reactions of the people they rule. They are afraid Elsa will be rejected as queen in the future even though she is a good child with no evil in her heart. Soon after Anna begs Elsa to play and make a snowman with her. Elsa relents and during their childish exuberance Elsa accidently freezes Anna, almost killing her! In the process of saving Anna’s life they erase her memories of Elsa’s powers.

The King and Queen in an attempt to protect Anna from further accidents separates the girls and no longer allows them to play together. They also warn Elsa to hide her powers and lock down her emotions so she does not hurt anyone ever again.

Soon after this separation the King and Queen are killed when their ship sinks at sea. The girls are left alone with palace staff to care for them. The palace is locked down and only necessary provisions and documents go in or out. The girls are never allowed out of the palace and Elsa never leaves her rooms. Anna often goes to Elsa’s door begging to be let in. She keeps asking every winter if Elsa wants to build a snowman with her. Anna never gives up loving her sister even though she does not remember or understand why her sister will not talk or play with her.

Time goes by and the palace is locked down by fear. Finally the day comes for the doors to open and young Elsa to be crowned Queen. She is finally of age to rule her country! Anna is excited to see people and have the doors open. She is most excited to see her sister and hopes things will change.

Through a series of events Anna meets a man who she falls in love with. When she tells Elsa of her new love Elsa panics! In her panic Elsa loses control of her powers and causes things to freeze. Finally she decides to run away! She is tired of hiding her true abilities and wishes to be able to just be herself. Elsa feels relieved she is free to use her powers. In the process Elsa accidently freezes the entire country locking all the ships in the fiord, stuck in the ice. The people are freezing and supplies start to go low. Panic ensues.

Anna goes after Elsa. Anna believes in Elsa’s goodness and believes if she can just talk to Elsa, Elsa will unfreeze the land. Anna has help on the way in the form of a young man that sells ice and his reindeer. I do not wish to put too many spoilers in the story so I’m going to skip much.

In the end Elsa cannot undo the damage she caused by herself. She finds she needs her sister’s love and support. Together they reverse the freeze and save the people.

As a Christian I often become frozen by fear. I am afraid to use the gifts God has given me, such as writing. I hold back and do not share or let people into my life. Do you do that? If you do you are just like Elsa and her parents refusing to learn to prefect your talents and control them as God wishes. They are gifts from God. You are controlled by fear.

As a Christian we are no longer controlled by the power of fear unless we allow fear to control us. Make the choice to not allow fear to control you but to control your fear.

Here are some verses:

2 Timothy 1:7

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare; but those that put their trust in God shall be saved.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no man follows; but the righteous are bold as a lion.

In short when we live in fear we are frozen and unable to go anywhere and complete what God has planned for us. When we live in confidence and God’s grace we are able to unite and do things we never thought we could.