Wednesday 3 January 2007

Proactive Penguins

Toe-tapping tunes, creative choreography and amusing animations with a modern moral message. These were our thoughts as we finished watching the recently-released movie, Happy Feet. Despite being aimed at children, it certainly has confronting messages for all adults with issues ranging from the external environment to our own internal self-image.
These proactive Emperor Penguins teach us lessons that need to be heard the world over. The one that encouraged us the most is that which is deeply personal ~ Be yourself. It is okay to be an individual ~ different from the rest. Live life proud of who you were created to be.
A similar message is found in Psalm 139:14 ~ "I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well."
Doesn't that message set your toes a-tapping to the real rhythm of life?