December

Reigns

Cinderella's father was a good-natured, handsome, and wealthy gentleman, possibly a baron or lord or duke or a count, in Disney's 1950 animated feature film Cinderella.

Cinderella's Father remarried and shortly after, he also died. Cinderella's Evil Stepmother then stole Cinderella's inheritance and enslaved Cinderella in her own home. Surely, Cinderella's parents never planned on this future for their lovely daughter.

As the cold-hearted stepmother of Cinderella, Lady Tremaine does not harm her stepdaughter physically. Rather, she seeks to punish and abuse her psychologically ...

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Cinderella’s father asking what gift she would like him to bring her back from abroad. As another reference to Grimm, she requested him to bring her the first branch that brushed his shoulder on his journey. When he remarked at her strange request, she explained that he would have to keep it with him and think of her, and when he brought it to her, it will mean that he will return it, which was what she genuinely wanted: for him to come home to her no matter what.

At this, they share a hug, and he assures her that he will return. He also tells her to be kind to her stepfamily, though he acknowledges that they could be "trying at times". He assures her that he will always leave a part of him with the house, and her mother is always present, though she could not see her, and that what why they must always cherish the house for her, for she is the very heart of it. They conclude their chat by confessing and confiding in each other as to how much they still miss her. Most, unfortunately, Lady Tremaine overheard the conversation and was stung to the core by it.

While he was away, her sole comfort was his letters, especially given Lady Tremaine's subtle abuse of her.

However, one afternoon, she received the most terrible news: he took ill on the journey and passed away. Till the end, he spoke only of Ella and her mother, and the farmer who delivered the news was told to give her what was an irrefutable testament of his love for her: the tree branch that he had promised her. The combination of this testament, her stepfamily's misdirected grief over his passing, and the knowledge that she was now effectively orphaned caused her to break down.

Though things turned for the worst for her - being forced to become the servant of her own house and spitefully renamed "Cinderella", she utterly cherished the memory of him along with her mother. When asked by one of her former servants as to why she stayed in the house when her stepfamily abused her so badly, she answers that she had promised her parents to cherish it where they were so happy. They had loved it, and now that they are gone, she loves it for them and acknowledges it as her home.

…….. During the first - and last - heart-to-heart confrontation between Ella and Lady Tremaine, the latter acknowledged that her marriage to the former's father had been for the sake of her daughters, but she was still unbearably jealous of his love for Ella (his biological daughter). Despite knowing her stepmother's cruelty well, and her one and only chance of happiness was at stake (her glass slipper being in her stepmother's hands), Ella refused to relent to her demands, confessing that one of her greatest regrets was failing to protect her father from Lady Tremaine. Even after Lady Tremaine shattered the slipper and locked her in her room, her spirit was unbroken, as she drew strength and comfort from positive memories - such as the happy times she shared with her parents.

…. The stepsisters are forgiven for their cruelty and Cinderella invites them to the palace to live with her, and she marries each of them to a wealthy lord.

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When Prince Charming holds a ball, the evil stepmother does not allow her to go. Cinderella, aided by her kind Fairy Godmother and equipped with a beautiful silver gown and a unique pair of glass slippers, attends, only to have to leave at midnight when the Fairy Godmother's spell is broken.

When Cinderella goes to her stepmother’s room to recieve her punishment… She places Gus Gus 🐭 safe from harm.

The Hope in Cinderella

That is what I want to add. If there were five.

I have a thing for five.
It’s much different than four.

I could have named my child with four letters.
But I did not.
I named him with five.
My middle name has five letters.

the number five symbolizes freedom, curiosity, and change

Cinderella’s name was originally Ella

However, due to her being covered in cinder, her family made a mockery of her servanthood…

And added six letters. To the four.

Number 4 is all about authority, worldly power, knowledge, wisdom, stability, and discipline.

Six…is often linked to harmony and balance. It represents equilibrium.

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I am going to assume we all know that 10 represents completeness, perfection.

Let us read of the Hope in Cinder-ella

Up next on the blog is Cinderella! Now, Cinderella is a classic written on the hearts of every young girl. The chances are most ladies have probably seen this movie in at least three different versions. But it never gets old. For the purposes of this blog, my kids and I watched the 1950s Disney classic Cinderella.
Since I am pretty sure everyone knows this movie, I am going to skip the movie recap and just give you my thoughts on the Christian parallels.
Once again- we have our princess. But this princess, we can all relate to. She’s not a princess yet. She’s just an everyday girl. The movie shows that her dad remarried when she was young to a woman with two daughters her age. But after her father’s death, her stepmother’s true colors showed.
Cue the evil characters- her stepmother and stepsisters. Oh and of course, Lucifer. The writers didn’t even try to hide that parallel for you. Cinderella was cruelly turned into a servant and abused by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. However, this beautiful young lady remained simply lovely and positive through it all. Her stepmother and stepsisters are constantly making demands and yelling at her. Yet, Cinderella responds in love and serves with a smile.
We learn early on in the movie, Cinderella has hope in a dream that she has. Though she will not tell what that dream is, this dream/wish gives her the motivation to carry on in love towards everyone around her no matter how poorly they treat her.
I think that is what I like about this movie. Prince Charming is not like our other princes. He doesn’t sweep in, break a spell, slay a dragon, or anything like that. He is simply the prince. He is the representation of hope.

Maybe that is why the scene in the garden spoke so clearly to me. Here is where Cinderella almost lost hope. After her stepsisters destroyed the dress her animal friends lovingly made for her, she cried in the garden stating she lost hope. Then her fairy godmother shows up. She tells her she clearly didn’t lose all hope, or she wouldn’t be here. She also states that even miracles take time.

I can’t help but take myself to the hill in my backyard. When I thought I had lost all hope. And for the first time in my life, I asked the very real question, “God if you are real…” And in that instant a miracle began to happen. My life began to change. But even miracles take time. I am still a work in progress.

So, the next thing about this particular scene that I love is how the fairy godmother makes this dream come true. Obviously, Cinderella thinks she needs a dress. But she starts with a pumpkin? Say What! But we see her turn a pumpkin into a carriage. Then obviously we need a horse, but the fairy godmother skips over the horse and chooses the mice to be turned into horses to pull the carriage. And the horse to the driver and the dog to the coachman. It’s all so lovely. She sees a big picture using characters in places they never would have chosen for themselves.
God does that to us today! He can turn that mess into a message, a test into a testimony. He doesn’t just see what’s in front of you, but all that is and was and is to come. He sees it all. And once you allow Him to perform a miracle in your life, He will put you in places you never dreamed. I speak from experience. When I tell people who I am, there is not one of those titles that I had planned for myself seven years ago. But nothing else I’d rather boldly proclaim- God is so good! He can do so much more than we ever imagined.

So? So, Cinderella is off to the ball in a miraculous way. And guess what? No one, not even her stepmother and stepsisters recognize her.

Transformation does that.💃🏼😅 You are no longer who you once were. Once you begin to walk with Christ, your actions change. Your motives change. Your desires begin to align with His. Slowly, people who once thought they knew you are trying to get you back into that room they created for you. They’d rather lock you up to rot than let you shine in your rightful place.

I’ve wished to play this song all day, it was for a time such as this. Like the birdies, God gives me a song 🎼 too!

𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝓊𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒, 𝒶 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝑜𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅, 𝑜𝓇 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝑜 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓁𝒾𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓇, 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸.

𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝒶𝓈𝓎𝓁𝓊𝓂’𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓁𝓎. 𝐼𝒻 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓀𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹.

Instead of being happy that Christ is doing a new thing in you, they are consumed with jealousy and hate.

Interesting enough, when Prince Charming and Cinderella share their dance, they sing, “So this is love.” Here are the lyrics, “So this is love, Mmmmm. So this is love. So this is what makes life divine. I’m all aglow, Mmmmmmm. And now I know. The key to all heaven is mine. My heart has wings, Mmmmm. And I can fly. I’ll touch ev’ry star in the sky. So this is the miracle that I’ve been dreaming of. Mmmmmm. Mmmmmm. So this is love.”

𝑀𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓁𝓎, 𝒞𝒾𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝒹𝑒, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹𝑒𝒹 𝑒𝓁𝓈𝑒𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒. 𝐼𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝒸𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓈𝑒-𝒻𝓁𝑜𝑜𝓇𝓈. 𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝒾𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝓅𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓃𝑔𝓉𝒽 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎. 𝒮𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝓋𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓊𝑒, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒶𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒𝓈.

𝒞𝒾𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁, 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝒾𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝑜𝓇 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁𝓇𝓎. 𝐸𝓋𝑒𝓃, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁𝓇𝓎, 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒶𝑔𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒶 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎, 𝓈𝑜 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓈𝓅 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒶𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒶 𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓈𝓈.

Love here is described as divine, heaven, miracle. I am fully convinced that the writers were not trying to hide these Christian parallels. True love is divine and heavenly. It’s instant too. The Heavenly Father created you in His image with the intent to have a relationship with you.

Here’s something else I really liked. Once Prince Charming chose Cinderella to be his bride, no one cared about anything other than getting her to fulfill that role. The king, the prince, the duke, and all of the kingdom wanted to find out who she was for the prince. So that they could unite them.

𝐻𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝑔𝓁𝑜𝓌, 𝒾𝒻 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀? ?. 𝒩𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒, 𝒷𝓊𝓉, 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝑔𝓁𝑜𝓌𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓀, 𝒞𝒾𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝓁𝒾𝓉 𝓊𝓅 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑒𝓍𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒾𝓉.

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀 𝑜𝒻 𝒹𝒶𝓎, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇, 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒹𝓊𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂 𝒶𝓃𝓎𝓌𝒶𝓎. 𝒩𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒. 𝒞𝒾𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹.

Who was she? Where was she from? What was her past? No one really cared. She was a servant. So what, the prince chose her. She was an orphan. So what, the prince chose her.

What if she had been a sinner? A liar? A cheat? A gossip? A prostitute? A victim of abuse? A scared child on the run? None of it would have mattered, he chose her. Just like Jesus chose you. Your past is your past. You are His now and that’s all that matters.

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒞𝒾𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒹𝒾𝒹 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝑒, 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁𝓇𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑒’𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐻𝒶𝒹 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓅𝓅𝑒𝒹 𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹, 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓃𝑜 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓇𝑜𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓉, 𝒶 𝓅𝓊𝓇𝓅𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝑒. 𝒯𝑜 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝓋𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒹𝑜𝓂.

He will keep pursuing you too! Much like the Duke pursued the woman who lost that shoe. He didn’t stop until he found her. And once he found her, he took her to the prince and changed her life forever!

Once Cinderella and the Prince were together, she was able to escape from the abuse and misery that had been forced on her. She was able to freely live in peace and love.

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓁𝑜𝓉 𝒹𝒾𝒻𝒻𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓉𝒾𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒., 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝒸𝒶𝓈𝑒, 𝐼 𝒶𝓂 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒.. 𝒞𝒾𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓀𝑒𝓅𝓉 𝑜𝓃 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔. Had she went back for her shoe…..

Likewise, once you embrace a relationship with God, you are free from the bonds of slavery placed on you by sin. Sin has no hold on you. With Christ, you have this amazing invitation, Come as you are, but don’t stay as you are.
What I truly love about this movie is the hope. Hope that this life is not all that there is. Cinderella has a longing in her heart from the very beginning of the movie. A dream that she wishes. And it comes true.
I pray for a generation of young girls to recognize that longing in their heart as a longing for the True Prince of Peace- Jesus Christ, our Risen Savior who already saved her from her sins. Who loved her so much that He paid the price for her, ransomed her with His blood, and rose three days later to give her the HOPE of eternal life. A Happily Ever After in Heaven with her True Love- The Prince of Peace.
If every young girl recognized that longing in their heart as a longing for Heaven, maybe we could truly experience Heaven on Earth!

𝐻𝒜𝒱𝐸 𝒞𝒪𝒰𝑅𝒜𝒢𝐸 𝒜𝒩𝒟 𝐵𝐸 𝒦𝐼𝒩𝒟

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