It's October! Is it just me on did September do what she had to do then leave? This year is flying by, it's honestly insane lol!
Y'all this month marks three years that I started this blog! It has been a space of safety, creativity through God, and also freedom, and growth that I've seen within myself in these last three years. As always I thank the Savior up above. Three years ago my first blog I wrote was "Learning to be True to the God in You", who would've thought that message would be working in my favorite today! There's so much I could get into with that word alone, but stay tune for how all that will come to past!
As you can see the title and the picture speaks for itself. Can I be honest, and you won't judge me?? Okay, so the other day was the first time I've seen this movie straight through. Yes I know, how Kita?? Listen, Beauty and the Beast was amazing after I watched it, but I knew the storyline already prior. Here's my quick take on how I viewed and judged the movie before watching it. Big Scary Beast hidden in the castle, Beautiful Girl finds her way there, they hate each other, then love each other, battle breaks out, he almost die, she breaks the spell with a true love's kiss awww, happily ever after. THE END Typical storyline right? Lol I know some of you are already like, the disrespect, but bare with me God has given me so much revelation on why this movie is just as beautiful as it's supposed to be.
You know how I am let's breakdown the two words that make this movie, BEAUTY and BEAST
Beauty: means a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form that pleases the aesthetic sense especially the sight.
Beast: means an animal, especially a large or dangerous fowl footed one.
Now as I did my research beauty is represented by the color pink, but the director didn't use pink he chose yellow/gold, to represent emotional growth, not just within Belle but in my eyes it was for the both her and the beast. The message of color doesn't unfold until the end when connection is being build. Belle wears blue which gives a calm settling look, but also clear direction.
The movie starts off with the narrator discussing the prince and how his character was before he was transformed into the beast. "He was rich, selfish, and nasty."Then we go into the story where the beast turns away an old lady who says "Do not be deceived by appearance because beauty is found within."
I Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look at the appearance or at his physical stature, because i have refused him. for the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
Although the old lady who wasn't old at all spoke these things and put a curse on him to me it represented a scripture that we often all fall into, subconsciously and consciously. As we go into the movie we know the curse has to be broken before the prince 21st birthday, but...
"Time moved on and he fell into despair and lost all hope, cause who can learn to love the beast."
Now that we know the beast it's time to get to know Belle.
We meet Belle in the town being herself. Although, Belle was beautiful she was strange to the people, a dreamer, "behind her beauty she was odd." Although she was nice and kind, she had an opinion and dreams that weren't a thing for woman in her time. It made me think of us as christians how we stand out from the crowd of the world, but fit into the arms of God.
I Peter 2:9" But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Belle was her authentic self even if that separated her from the crowd, but it didn't keep her from questioning or replaying those thoughts in her head. This part of the movie where we are introduced to Belle's father we learn that he is an inventor that everyone thinks is crazy. I immediately thought about Jesus, before he was known as our savior He was known as "the carpenter son" Belle is the representation of Jesus, the hope that we are looking for, but sometimes find later on. Stay with me Friend God's still speaking.
Belle had a crush who wanted her for her beauty because she was just as beautiful as him. His name was Gaton, I saw Gaton as religion, it looks good, it sounds good, but was full of pride, false reality and a bad representation of what beauty is. That's what religion represents, a false facade of who God is and how we are suppose to be.
Just like I had to watch the movie I encourage you too. Fast forward when Belle goes to look for her Father, and finds he's the Beast prisoner, she sacrifice herself in order to save her Father. The Beast agrees and sends her Father off without them saying goodbye to one another, this hurts Belle but she makes a promise to set her Father free. But the Beast knows that she may be his chance to freedom, but freedom doesn't come through angry and control, it comes through vulnerability and accountability. After the beast demands her to go to dinner, after showing her her room, Mrs Pott and Chip comes in and Belle shares her feelings with her and where she is, and how she is feeling. Mrs Pot speaks prophetically to her and says, "Cheer up old child it'll be alright in the end." Sometimes we have to learn and hold on to the promise of God being yes and amen.
I saw Mrs. Pot as wisdom. Wisdom was with God in the beginning and still is speaking today. Proverbs 7:4 Says to wisdom, You are my sister," and call understanding your nearest kin.
It reminded me when Jesus was in the garden praying and he took on the hard truth that not his will but let God's will be done. Belle didn't elaborate after Mrs. Pott said this, but eventually she will see it come to past.
As the movie went on God dropped this in my spirit, When we start to see ourselves like the world it feels like we are the beast to God, instead of adapting hope to keep pressing we rephrase hope and began to feel hopeless. We began to carry the world instead of carry the Holy Spirit that rest in us. We hide ourselves and become angry with our situation which makes us angry with God.
However, just like the movie we have a Savior (Belle) that can sympathize with us. Both the Beast and Belle was separated by their appearance but also the status of who they were. For Belle her beauty didn't match her personality the standards of the world, like Jesus you can't be the Savior of the world a jew the carpenter son? While the beast got caught up with the appearance of his current situation not in who he really was, but what he had to do in his situation to take free his true self. That is us caught up in the sins of this world, that we forget to find who we truly are within. Can I speak to your heart for a second, no matter how bad the curse the enemy may put on us the love of God always win. An act of true love is the only thing that breaks the curse.
The act of God is what turned the Beast into who He was always supposed to be. Can I encourage you to not take on what the world or the enemy curse you to be, but allow God to show his authentic love to you.
I believe Belle was in yellow, to represent the son of God that shines bright in our face but rest in our heart. There's beauty in the beast, because the beast is not truly you it's behind what the curse has told you!
I love y'all and I pray you know God loves you too
Take care friend!
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Did you think I forgot about the red flower? In my eyes the flower does not represent that all hope was lost, but in the words of my Pastor new book title All Hope was found. The blood that was shed on Calvary made the enemy think He won, but we know that was not the end. Even when the last petal fall, it was the act of love that allowed restorating power rise up in the beast for his true self to be set free. In the end the blood that Jesus shed was never in vain, and that my friend always wins.
