A sister in Christ asked if I would blog about the long lines I recently encountered while visiting Universal Studios in Orlando and anyone who knows me, knows I love a challenge so here it goes. If you have had the misfortune of dealing with longs lines during the Holidays or in my case while visiting a theme park please read on.
In today's society, we are brainwashed into thinking that faster is better, we have fast food, drive through tellers at the bank, self checkout at some stores and even drive through wedding chapels. More recently theme parks have added fast or express passes so that you can get on your favorite rides and not have to wait in those long lines. It all sounds great, I know that I want to ride as many rides in a day as I can before the park closes.
Did you know that in Walt Disney World and Universal Studios there are people whose job it is to create the scenery, the atmosphere while you wait in line? It is their responsibility to surround you in props, displays, lights and sounds to help immerse you in the theme of the ride, giving you a much more memorable experience. The people with the fast or express passes bypass this part of the ride to avoid the lines and this cheats them of the total ride experience. I know there are many who will argue this point and I would agree that some of the lines are just way too long.
In the Pirates of the Caribbean ride you have to walk through scenery which depicts the era of pirates and their ports of call. In the Hulk ride you are forced to walk through the laboratory where gamma rays are being tested and all sorts of lights are flashing. The Spiderman ride takes you behind the scenes of The Daily Bugle and Peter Parker (Spiderman's alias) while you wait your turn in line.
What if it was your job to design the area of the ride where people wait to ride? What if you had a story to tell? What if you wanted to immerse people so that they can receive the best ride experience? By now some of you can see where I am going with this. God has a story to tell us and He wants to immerse us so that we can receive a life changing experience.
If your life is about getting on the ride, then what happens after you're done and the park closes? In life, God gives us scenery, lights and sounds every day. If you allow yourself to acknowledge these gifts from God and immerse yourself in them, your ride experience with Him will be a much more memorable one.
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Hey, that's pretty good and definately something to ponder...
Tell that sister in Christ "thanks" for me. This thought gives a new perspective to the Christian "walk". Sometimes it seems that we are moving faster than others and we wonder if maybe the "ride" is out of order but one day when we do get to the front of the line, we will realize that it was all worth the wait.
what you say is so true... . but just the ambiance of the theme park is part of the reason we go, it's the 'scenery' of people and events that make this Christian walk the fantastic journey that it is....
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