Freeze Tag

It’s the movie my little girl loves and her older brothers tolerate because of one very funny little snowman and some trolls. This movie has been lauded for amazing songs and parodied in almost every way possible. It has also caused a swirl of controversy over the possibly not-so-hidden agenda of those who created it.

I, of course, am talking about Frozen. It broke the debut record set by the Lion King and changed lives (and ears) of elementary school teachers everywhere. There is much more I could say about this movie, but I want to make one – hopefully – unexpected application.

Many Christians have been upset by a trend set by Disney that is, at best, moving away from traditional family values as established by God (cf. Genesis 2:24). Instead of focusing on that, may I suggest that we spend our energy sending our “own” message?

You see, when I saw Frozen, I saw a young woman in the beginning stages of a romance with the “reindeer king” decide that sacrificing her own wants and even needs was the right thing to do. She knew someone else, her sister, needed her help much more than she needed “true love’s kiss” so she put her desires and her life on hold to offer that help.

Now, I’m sure that’s not the message Disney intended. But instead of allowing the world to dictate what we see and hear, why don’t we make some noise about an altruistic, others-focused love that sounds an awful lot like what we are told to do in the Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12) and in countless other passages of scripture (e.g. John 15:13, Mark 12:31). Maybe if we as Christians were busier teaching God’s way instead of bemoaning the agenda of others, we could be that light that Christ called us to be (Matthew 5:14).

See the bigger picture. Show the love God wants us to show. Put others first. Play “freeze tag.”

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13

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