I LIKE TOKYO!!!

I had sooooooooooooooooo much fun this weekend….

I saw the Broadway play of Lion King on Saturday and it was awesome, except for losing the use of both of my legs because the $115 seats were so cramped…….

In a lot of ways you could say that the Lion King is a very New Age-y story, but I saw it in a different light this weekend.

Let’s say Mufasa is Jesus/God, Scar is Satan, and Simba represents us. When Simba is young he listens to Scar’s lies instead of obeying his father Mufasa, just like we often give in to temptation and sin. But just like Mufasa sacrifices his own life to save Simba, Jesus gave his life to save us. But many times we lose the way—like Simba did—and forget about God and what it means to follow Him. Finally Simba realizes that he has forgotten about his father and who he was meant to be and he chooses to go back to his family and friends and rescue them from Scar’s power. We can chose to live a comfortable life and sing “Hakuna Matata”(spell?) for the rest of our days, but if we really want to be a follower of Christ and save our family and friends, we’re going to have to go out of our comfort zone.

This might sound a little corny, but it really spoke to me because the Lord has been talking to me about this very topic recently and I know I need to get out of my comfort zone and talk to people if I want to affect anyone for Christ. I think you could probably find God in any story, but it’s interesting to look. J