Ella, the main character suffers first the loss of her mother and then her father. Left with a vindictive step-mother and equally virulent step-sisters, the once luxurious lifestyle of Ella was downgraded to servant status. Finding it cold in the attic she is relegated to sleeping by the withdrawing embers of the fire. Mocked on day by these sisters: Drisella and Anastasia because of the dirty cinders on her face, she is forever called Cinder - Ella .... Cinderella. But a chance meeting in the woods by the King's son changes all that. For the love of this maiden, the King's son orchestrated an elaborate ball, inviting all maidens to come, where he will choose his bride.
With the aid of magic Cinderella makes it to the Ball and the two lovers meet again. After a search to relocate her Prince Kit and Cinderella meet and the love story ends happily.
Many years before such a fantasy was even realized, there was a King who had a Son. The King promised a Bride to this Son of great love and affection. Unlike the fairy tale there were none who were noble and equal status. All of the potential brides were covered with cinder -- blackened blotches of sin and degradation. But the King's Son for no reason other than affection, set His eyes upon this Bride of unbecoming proportions. There were many more suited, though; and many more lovely. But from the dungeons of despair, loss, grime and rejection, the King's Son loved His Bride with an everlasting love.
What sadness to the Son that His Bride seemed forever lost in oblivion, so He dispatched His servants to find Her. One very loyal servant, The Captain of Guards, lost no time and spared no energy to find the Prince's Bride. Upon finding Her and upon Her eyes seeing Her Groom, Her heart was drawn irresistibly to Him. And the two lived happily ever after.
“The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire? . . . The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the Lord loved you . . . “'Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine . . . The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” (Zechariah 3:2, Deuteronomy 7:7–8, Ezekiel 16:8, Jeremiah 31:3, NIV)
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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_%282015_film%29
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