The Lion King

OK, I saw the Broadway show like last yr ...it was BEAUTIFUL, u guys need to see it, seriously. And then they came to Cashville, so everyone around here was going to see it so I pulled up my long ago ruminations and thot to share.

Simba ...joyful, happy kid, knew he was going to be king
was being raised to be king
He knew it and so did everyone else
joyful, happy Simba

But then ...life happened
all those things that u wish would never have happened
those things that make or break you
those things ...

And dear Simba ran
It was the sensible thing to do at the time (like Moses ran)
And he hung out with Timon and Pumba
Lived a life with no worries, no stress

But Simba grew beyond his childhood
He grew into a man ...a restless man
because he KNEW that he was made for so much more
He was a LION, but he was hanging out with Timon and Pumba
...eating bugs

He was living WAY beneath his potential
He wasn't just a lion, he was king of the pride
But he had run away ...from the demons of his childhood

Ah! But the time came for Simba to return
To take his place as king of the pride
To reign as an adult
To rescue the land from the hyenas
(My deliverer is coming)

We were made to do much more than eat slimy bugs
We were made for so much more
We were saved for so much more

And God in His mercy sends ppl like Rafiki our way
when we're torn between the incredible and the logical
and He empowers us to do the impossible
cos He's the God with whom nothing is impossible
Someone or something that causes us to look and truly see ...

There was also trust just before Mufasa died, he said to Simba "jump", and he was waiting to catch Simba ...without hesitation, second/third thots, extreme prayer and fasting ...Simba trusted and jumped, and so he didn't die ...

and there was cool love, that trusted and loved before it understood ...there was a call for leaving the logical reasoning (excuses) that holds one back, that we stare at and call obstacles, there was a call to do the thing that u were born to do, that u've almost given up on ...b/c it just don't make sense ...there was the call to look in the face of all the ppls ....turn ur back on them, stand with truth ....and do ur thing ...b/c u were born, raised, trained ....made for it.

There'll always be ppl like Scar ...who simply want you out of the way but they say they care about u, and ppl like Timon and Pumba ...who u can hang out with forever, as u turn ur back on urself and everything that matters to u ...there'll be people like Nala, who know the u on the inside, and ask u not to deny urself the joy and pain of living like u were made to, and good old Rafiki, who knock the sense right back into ur head. It's ur choice ...there will always be voices for u to listen to, the crowd has a million different voices .....u choose. Who r u listening to?

Yes, we say we are listening to God ...and hopefully we are, but who are the ppl influencing our lives? What r their motives, what do they want ....for u ...AND for themselves ...b/c it does make a difference. Phew!