What is it about a fairytale that captures the heart? Last night, I watched Enchanted. Giselle, a princess-to-be in a cartoon fairytale is sent to the real world by her evil stepmother-to-be. She's naive, innocent, and thinks the most powerful thing in the world is "true love's kiss." She's brought to tears when she hears that a husband and wife are separating... forever and ever. Her naivety is almost refreshing, even though most would just play it off as unrealistic Hollywood.
But as I watched this movie, I realized something. This type of story stirs something within me, a longing and a desire. A desire for a world where true love lasts forever. Where joy fills our hearts every day. Where we are innocent and in love with life. Where people are kind.
That longing isn't something I've construed or some hopeless dream. It's a longing put there by God Himself. Because that is how this world was meant to be before sin. And that is how our world will be again one day after Christ returns. Joy. Innocence. Life. Kindness. Love.
A fairytale come true.
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