Elsa: "don't let them in, don't let them see.
Be the good girl you always have to be
conceal don't feel
put on a show
make one wrong move and everyone will know..."
I'm not ashamed to say I love Frozen. As I sat at work today and listened to the songs, this verse in "For the First Time in Forever" struck me. Elsa has been shut up in a room for her childhood...hiding a secret no one knows. The time has come where the gates have to be opened...its time for a change. Anna, her sister, is elated! Excited to explore, learn, feel, and expand her horizons. Elsa is scared because that room is all she has known.
Elsa reminds me of me - and many Christians I know.
We wear masks so no one knows how we really feel. We don't want to let people in, because we are afraid it will show weakness, or lack of Faith. Many suffer silently, instead of letting others in to help them. Some of us are taught its a sign of weakness to ask for help, so we conceal what our needs are.
We put on a show every day, or every Sunday when we walk through the church doors.
"How are you today?"
"I'm great!" (lie #1)
"Things going ok?"
"Yep, couldn't be better" (lie #2)
"How's work?"
"Oh, its great, no complaints" (lie #3)
and the questions and lies could go on and on....
Why do we suffer in silence? Why are we afraid to make one move and then everyone will know? Know what exactly?
That we aren't perfect.
We don't have all the answers.
We struggle.
We doubt.
We worry.
We need help.
We need a hug.
None of us have it all together, yet we all walk around as if we do. What would it feel like to let go? Elsa finally did let go. She finally let all of her pent up anger and frustration out. What happened? Did her sister turn away from her? No. She ran to her. She said, Elsa, you're not alone anymore.
All we have to do is let someone in - and we won't be alone anymore. Open up the doors - Elsa experienced freedom by letting go - what would happen if you let go? If you tore down the walls and let someone in?
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