We just finished watching The Little Mermaid....and wow! I'm sure many of you are familiar with this Disney movie. Ariel, the mermaid, falls in love with a human Prince. Her father finds out and gets so angry he destroys all of her human collections including a statue of the Prince. Ariel is devastated and she cries inconsolably. Ursula's sidekicks come to her. Isn't that just like the enemy, to approach us when we are most vulnerable, when we are hurting, when we are so sad, and when we are feeling desperate. "Poor unfortunate souls" sings the sea witch, Ursula.
Ursula first tempts and convinces Ariel to give up her voice for the chance to unite with the Prince. Although Ariel knows it's wrong, she accepts because Ursula dangles Ariel's wants in front of her eyes. Dangling our wants instead of our needs is how the enemy works in our lives, too. God will provide all our needs. Ariel signs the contract, the Prince has to kiss her before sunset on her third day on dry land. If she doesn't get that kiss she will belong to the witch. How naive?? Did Ariel really believe the witch was going to give her her heart's desire? It never crossed Ariel's mind that the Ursula would do everything in her power to prevent the kiss from happening. Wow...she really did become human.
Just when Ariel believes her dreams will be coming true here comes the sea witch in disguise and steals the Prince away. Ariel finds herself in trouble and turns to her father. She shouts to him that she is sorry. Her father gives up his throne to save his daughter. In the end the witch is destroyed by the unselfishness of Ariel and the Prince.
The enemy is always disguising himself in order to tempt us out of the blessings Jesus would love to give us. We humans don't realize that God gives so much more than the enemy could ever provide. Our Lord Jesus also gave up this throne to save us. When the sea witch dangles happiness, Jesus provides joy. Joy is everlasting, happiness is temporary. Which will you choose?
Marisol
Wow! I've seen this movie countless time since its release and never once did I see a parallel between it and our daily lives in dealing with the enemy. You're words speak truth, and isn't God awesome that, not only does He use a cartoon as a learning moment, but that He would have you pen the words!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! Now I want to have my Children's Church class come over and watch the Little Mermaid....what awesome applications :) God Bless!
ReplyDeleteThat was wonderful Marisol. We will keep you and your family in our prayers.
ReplyDeleteI like this post. Not too long ago I was watching this movie and I noticed all the parallels too! I think it's cool to find someone else that saw it the way I did. I was trippin' when I saw them and I thought about writting them down. Did you notice the dad and how he took the place of his daughter? He broke the contract she made by taking her place. It's great!
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