I was thinking about....

The image above appeared in my head today while I was trying my best to concentrate on what my prof was saying... I think it was something like Root Loci Analysis... hmm... whatever that is...
Anyway, the whole movie started to play in my head... Yeap, it's The Lion King; One of my Disney favourites! And then, I added the sound effects to my brainwaves and I could hear young Simba and Nala singing and dancing to the song "Oh, I just can't wait to be King" *hooves thumping the ground* *elephants blowing their trumpet trunks* *la la la la la* Ok, pause.... let me fast forward to the scence in the picture above and here's how it goes...

{Simba is awestruck. The wind picks up. In the air the huge image of Mufasa is forming from the clouds. He appears to be walking from the stars. The image is ghostly at first, but steadily gains color and coherence.}

Mufasa: {Quietly at first} Simba . . .
Simba: Father?
Mufasa: Simba, you have forgotten me.
Simba: No. How could I?
Mufasa: You have forgotten who you are, and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life.
Simba: How can I go back? I'm not who I used to be.
Mufasa: Remember who you are. You are my son, and the one true king.

{Close up of Simba's face, bathed in the golden light, showing a mixture of awe, fear, and sadness. The image of Mufasa starts to fade.}

For the benefit of the minority who have never watched The Lion King before, here's the story in a nutshell. Simba disobeyed his father which kinda caused his father's death (actually it was his villian uncle who killed him) and was deceived to run away and never to return. So he did and then he met Timon and Pumbaa who raised him up in Hakuna-Matata-Land and there he spent his days eating grubs and singing songs (like what all Disney cartoons do). All was well till suddenly, Nala (his childhood buddy) reappeared one day and told him that his mad uncle was destroying his land a.k.a Pride Rock and asked him to go back to reclaim his throne. But, haunted by his past, Simba refused and that's when his father, Mufasa, had to intervene and appear to him in a vision....

The word REMEMBER struck me in class today as vividly as how Simba saw his father in the clouds....

Then I REMEMBERed what Ps. Eugene shared on the last night of Sanctification Week. He took his text from Deut 8 and the key message in it is to REMEMBER the Lord your God.

Well you see, I am like Simba and I am running away from certain responsibilities because of some things that happened in the past. Yeah, you may think that I am strong but I am nothing if I do not know who I am. *I'll talk more on strength vs weakness another day....*

The devil knows our Achilles’ heel and that is to rob us of our identities... But today, I am reminded that I am His daughter and therefore I am heir to the Kingdom of God. And being Princesses, we have BIG BIG responsibilities... but... we have our Timons and Pumbaas to help us along the way.... Will you help me, sis?

{Rafiki whacks Simba on the head with his staff.}

Simba: Oww! Jeez-- What was that for?
Rafiki: It doesn't matter; it's in the past! {laughs}
Simba: {Rubbing head} Yeah, but it still hurts.
Rafiki: Oh yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or... learn from it.

{He swings at Simba with his staff again. This time Simba ducks.}

Rafiki: Hah, you see! So what are you going to do?