Cinderella
Talking Points:
-Cinderella exemplifies the fruits of the Spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, & Self-Control (Galatians 5:21-23 ) Have your children clap, touch their nose, or any given gesture when they see Cinderella act out a fruit of the Spirit during the movie.
-We can point out to our children that although Cinderella's life was not easy, that even though things went wrong, she maintained her goodness & her pure heart. (Luke 9:25) (John 15:19) (Romans 12:2)
-She continued to honor her stepmother even though she was treated like a slave. (Exodus 20:12)
-It is a chance to convey to our children the real world lesson that life is not always fair & that people are not always nice, but that we have the choice of how we respond to that. We can return and eye for an eye & act ugly like they do, or we can show them goodness & love (like Jesus would). (Matthew 5:39) (Luke 6:29)
-It is worthwhile to point out that Cinderella is beautiful ( a reflection of her heart) & that the Stepmothers are harsh & unappealing in appearance (likewise a reflection of the heart). (1 Peter3:3-4)
-You reap what you sow: Cinderella is kind & good, her life reaps good fruit. The Stepmother & sisters are bitter, vain, & selfish and as such they are unhappy, unsatisfied, & etc. (Matthew 7:17-18)
-Show your children that the Stepmother's character & integrity taught her daughters to have poor character & integrity. Ask them what they think Cinderella's children will be like?
*It's important to note that the overriding theme of nearly all children's movies is Good vs. Evil & that Good (almost always) overcomes Evil. This is an awesome theme to point out to our tots because that is the overriding theme of this life we live. Satan constantly battles the Lord, but we know that in the end God wins...believers are assured a Happily Ever After, eh? To me that is why it would be a travesty to let our children be robbed of fairy tales...the message they tell is true & transcends fiction into the reality of the spiritual life we live!
*Please feel free to add themes of character or qualities that come to your mind (leave a comment & I'll add them to the list). I am certain that I left out quite a few (this is what I could think of right off the bat) so I'd love to beef this up more! :-)
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