Let’s just get this out of the way: if you’re not watching the Toy Story shows, you’re denying yourself some true joy. And if you haven’t watched them, I think you should set this down and go do that. Frankly, this reflection won’t make much sense if you don’t have the context.
There has been much written about the Toy Story franchise and its continuing success. To me, that boils down to a simple, but extremely important, difference between them and your average “cartoon.” A lot of animated films exist for one purpose: to entertain. What Disney/Pixar has done with Toy Story is use their medium to tell stories.
In Toy Story films, story is everything. The animation is excellent, of course, but it always serves the story. Yes, the films are entertaining, but they are so much more because the filmmakers will not accept less.
And that brings us to Toy Story That Time Forgot. Here, Woody and Buzz play supporting roles. Front and center are Trixie the triceratops and Bonnie, the child to whom all these toys belong.
I’m not giving much away be telling you Trixie feels Bonnie is not playing with her, properly. She should be a dinosaur, not have antlers stuck on her head and called a reindeer. She envies that Rex is always seen as the dinosaur he is by Bonnie, but that she is always employed as whatever Bonnie’s imagination decides ... and never what she so obviously is.
Ever felt that way?
We know what we are .. and we are clear on how God should best use us. Yet, for reasons beyond our understanding, God continues to thwart our best efforts to be who we think we are. Frustrating.
If that sounds even remotely familiar, then this week’s Psalm 62 passage is for you. The Psalmist has wrestled with this and has found an answer ... and a refuge.
How Trixie works through her relationship with Bonnie makes it a film everyone should see. Also: Battlesaurs, Reptillus Maximus, and the Arena of Woe. But, no spoilers here.
Let’s just say: who we belong to matters; and what we might become if we trust the one whose mark we bear.
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Steve
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SCRIPTURES FOR THE COMING WEEK
Find them here: Jonah 3:1-5, 10
Psalm 62:5-12
1 Corinthians 7:29-31
Mark 1:14-20
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