Finding Nemo: I Promised I Would Never Let Anything Happen to You (Matthew 10:29-31)

Marlin has already lost his wife and most of his children to a predator. Only Nemo remains, born with a damaged fin. Marlin's fear becomes smothering control—he cannot let his son take any risk because he knows exactly what the world can do. But Nemo must grow, must face challenges, must become himself. Jesus teaches: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. Marlin must learn that protection cannot be absolute, that fear disguised as love becomes a prison. The father who cannot release his child to the world cripples the child's growth.