Couple days ago I was just surfing the web like I usually do, and I happened to come across the word 'Fairytale' on youtube. I don't even remember what that particular video had to do with fairytales and how that word even came up, but that word alone just sparked a thought that manifested into a revelation.
And that thought was this:
When we watch these movies we focus on the princess/prince trying to find their knight in shining armor/damsel in distress and it's the story that everyone knows, the "happily ever after".
But lets not focus on that for one second because there's actually a love story even greater that rarely anyone ever focuses on.
It's the love that comes from a father.
Lets look at some princesses individually…
-She ran away from home, did everything she could, and brought back the gifts that were rewarded to her in order to bring them back to her dad. The moment she returned home, she presents the gifts to her dad, thinking that that would bring honor to the family. But the dad immediately throws the gifts aside and embraces his daughter.
The thing he wanted most was just for his daughter to return home because "the greatest gift and honor was having her for a daughter".
-Because of our sins we were disconnected from God. But it's not through our own works that we can obtain salvation, it is only through His mercy and grace we were made alive (Ephesians 2).
Jesus doesn't require for us to go out and try to earn His gifts and honor, because we can never do that through our own works. But we should find rest and comfort in the fact that Jesus took care of everything on the cross because He loves us. We are His sons and daughters, princes and princesses.
(Rapunzel's dad is barely in the movie, but in every short scene of him, you can see the love that he has for his daughter)
-The part that stood out in particular for me was the scene right before the famous lantern scene. The dad cries over his missing princess, hoping that his daughter would one day return home. Honestly that part had me closer to tears than when Finn died to save Rapunzel (sorry for the spoiler but if you never watched this movie... go watch it)
-When they're finally reunited, he runs after her with open arms and embraces her. Not only that but he sees Finn, the orphaned thief, and welcomes him into his family with grace and love.
-Our God is a father who cries out for us
-He's a father that loves unconditionally
-He's a father that turns orphans into sons and daughters
-King Triton was a king ruling his people (or mermen I should say) with grace and justice.
Even though Ariel rebelled against her father, He sacrificed his life to save her.
He really shows her that 'daddy knows best' and He wasn't being protective to make her life miserable, but he was just trying to protect her from what he knew would happen.
-Just as King Triton sacrificed his life for Ariel, God sent sacrificed his only Son, so that He could save us (John 3:16).
Yes this may all seem really juvenile, and of course these stories don't compare to God's love story (I mean i'm talking about disney princess movies here for cryin' out loud) but God is everywhere you look. Everything is to glorify Him, even if it is in a disney princess story.
So, it may take 2 hours to explain how two characters fall in love but while all these princesses were out and about falling in love with their prince charmings, each father never stopped loving their daughter. They continued to love them, ever since the day they were born and they will never stop loving them.
Thats parallel to how our Father has loved us, and will continue to unconditionally love us forever.
The ULTIMATE story of a father's love is THE CROSS.
Look to the cross and that's a love that no fairytale can ever portray
Nothing compares to his love for us
My identity is in Him. I'm definitely Daddy's little girl <3
Thank you for loving me when i didn't love myself, thank you for loving me now, and thank you for the love that is to come. So thankful for You.
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