“Only an act of true love will thaw a frozen heart!” – Olaf The Snow Man

Spoiler Alert: In the ending of “Frozen”, Anna sacrifices her life for her sister Elsa. Elsa did not deserve this sacrifice, but Anna chose to die in order to saver her sister. This is one of the greatest examples of true love in all cartoons!  True love is sacrificial love. Watch the clip below…

Real love is giving up your life for another.

“We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.” 1 John 3:16

Jesus died even though we didn’t deserve it. To share the love of Christ with others we must sacrifice for them. In the same way that Anna came back to life, Jesus also came back to life. Unlike Anna Jesus can give us the power to love like him! If you are a Christian Jesus fills you with his love and gives you the power to share it!

True Love is shown by it’s actions.

As Olaf said, “an act of true love” was the thing that would break the curse. In the same way the “act of” Christ dying on the cross saved us from sin. For us “the act” of love is making sacrifices for the sake of others. Talk is cheap. Love is costly.

“If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person? Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.” 1 John 3:17-18

If we see someone in need, but don’t help that’s not love. You should question if you really have God’s love if you don’t have compassion for the needy in your life.

This doesn’t mean we have to help everyone but we should be sacrificially loving those whom God has but in our lives!  It’s time to stop talking about about loving people and actually do something.

What is one loving action that you can do for someone today?

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