Monday 6 July 2009

the real thing??

last night we were driving home and i noticed this new billboard advertisement for Belfast Zoo........






when i saw it, out of my mouth came 'how sad....seeing the real thing is a lion thats lost his 'roar' behind bars .(note the word wild bottom left).. on our honeymoon we had the privilege of being on the Serengeti in Kenya seeing lions roam wild in their natural habitat..i have been spoiled ever since...seeing this stirred something deeper on the inside of me.....is this evidence of the culture we live in ..to choose the safe option instead of living adventurously....that we are happy to follow a tame Jesus that won't ask us to do anything that would take us out from the comfort of our caged lives? ...i am reminded of the C. S Lewis quote from Chroniciles of Narnia when Lucy is asking about Aslan.... ... "Then he isn't safe?" said Lucy. "Safe?" said Mr. Beaver. ... Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. ......

4 comments:

Leigh Russell said...

Yes, that's sad, animals in the zoo promoted as the real thing.

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Ally Brown said...

thanks leigh..will do.....congrats....

Anonymous said...

last time i saw the animals in the zoo they were real

whittakerwoman said...

Oh so true! Africa did the same thing for me! H

pink world of ally.....