Tangled up in a Thought

Ok So I know this is probably really cheesy. But I love Tangled, and I love this picture. How could the little girl in me not? And I think there are some worthwhile themes in Tangled that deserve a second glance. If you think about it, I know this is a bit of a stretch, there is a story that is untold tucked away in there. Your story, My story. You see each of us was stolen away after our birth without us even knowing it. Kept away from God by our sinful nature. And the forces of the enemy, just like mother Gothel, tried to lie to us. Tried to tell us that there was nothing else besides what was right in front of us. Tried to tell us that anything else was strange and unsafe, and that we'd best stick to what we knew. And yet, in each of us there was and is this yearning for more.
And God who wanted us back, just like Rapunzel's parents, did not give up hope. He sent us sign after sign to remind us that there was more that we didn't know about. Signs like floating lanterns. In hopes that one day we would finally step outside our tower and find Him. He never stopped sending us signs, and watching over us, no matter how much we turned away.
He even sent His son to bridge the gap. To make it so that we never had to be separated from Him again. You could say His Son was like Flynn in this movie, but He was really so much better. Jesus was not a lost thief, like Flynn but a perfect sacrifice sent to Earth to pay the price for your sin so that you and God never had to be separated again.
But sometimes we have the same problem Rapunzel did. You see after she has the first part of her adventure she goes home again. She tries to go back to living in her tower, but she can't because she knows who she is now. That she doesn't belong there. Just like we belong in relationship with God and not elsewhere. And so I hope this is like a floating lantern to you to remind you just where you belong as the daughter of the King.