No Capes!

"No capes!" Now if you are a die hard Disney fan, you may have already heard the wonderful voice of our vertically challenged hero suit designer (Edna Mode). Edna, though small in stature makes up for it in her passion/zeal for the superhero community! This woman exudes a heart that looks at the hero as the ideal standard to save the world; part of that passion is to remove anything that may slow down or be a threat to these heroes.  Her iconic "No capes!" line comes from seeing several heroes fall in the line of duty due to snags or unfortunate circumstances in the name of fashion.  To Edna, its clear: if it is not functional, it is not needed and is a hinderance/threat.


I'm going to level with you all.  I love capes.  I think they are really cool and add to heroes in presence and possibilities (do a comparison with Superman and Batman in removing their capes...very different eh....). I think we need to take a note from Edna here.  As we are developing our connection with God we are focusing more on the goals that God has for us; primarily being more like Jesus and less like ourselves (2 Corinthians 3:18).  In essence we are trying to be the heroes that God is calling us to be and are guided by the example of Jesus. Part of that process is giving up anything that would stop us from being like Jesus, things that we hold onto tightly or made part of our identity.  Hebrews illustrates this point like running a race, you would want to take anything off that would slow you down, this is the same with your life following Jesus (Hebrews 12:1).  These things can be like the capes that Edna is yelling about: we need to take them off to be the heroes we were made to be. No capes!

What is a "cape" that you have on that can slow you down or be a danger to your growth as a hero that is like Jesus?

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