"A Sweaty Pillowcase"

I can now attest to what it feels like to be a Disney character. Today, we rehearsed in full costume! It was fun (for the most part). Let me just start with this, if you ever head down to Disney, give some mad mental props to those characters (especially the ones performing in the stage shows because my goodness…it is). Imagine stuffing your head inside a pillowcase and trying to breathe, that’s similar to being in character. All of that is code for W-A-R-M. Bare in mind friends, this was in an air-conditioned room. Tomorrow we separate the men from the boys when we take it outside (judging on today’s rehearsal, I’ll probably sitting at the far end of that boy’s category.
One of the things that scared me about doing this internship was losing my sense of awe when I come to Disney. I mean goodness, seeing the good ol’ Mic getting “dressed” can scare anyone for life. However, the minute the entire cast was in costume, I was inwardly freaking out! “I’m standing next to Mickey!” was the first thing to pop in my head I believe. So have no fear, I’ll still be quite the Disney freak when I return! Animating wasn’t too bad. One you get the costume on and get the feel for it, the animation just kinda comes. You can’t help but make the movement big and crazy. We got to watch a tape of our rehearsal and I looked pretty great, though there are for sure areas that need improving.
I finished up my "Crazy Love" book today! Bittersweet. It seriously was a great book, that I would highly recommend, though I don’t know how much weight my recommendations carry. I didn’t do any reading yesterday and I could tell how it affected my day today. I became lax and let my guard down. I missed prime opportunities to direct glory to God. That just isn’t okay, especially when you want your unsaved friends and roommates to see something more in you—that something more can’t be inconsistency. Chan made some great points in the last chapter of the book, but the one I want to touch on is this: “I’ve [Chan] made it a commitment to consistently put myself in situations that scare me and require God to come through. When I survey my life, I realize that those times have been the most meaningful and satisfying of my life. They were times when I truly experienced life and God” (pg. 169). We sacrifice our comfort for those that we love. Think about it? When have you been sitting down relaxing but gotten up because someone you so deeply loved asked you for something? Why is it that we are unwilling to do the same for God? I’m probably one of the worst at this. I choose to be safe and secure and deprive God of being God. When I think about it, the times I’ve felt closest to God are when he has answered prayer. This experience has been filled with those. I’ve begged God time and time again for something, probably because I had no control over the situation. It was completely up to God. But when he came through for me, I just remember being so assured of his presence and love. Try putting yourself out there in a scary situation that forces you to depend on prayer and the power of your God, the one you claim is all-powerful and all knowing! Trust me, he really is all that AND a bag of chips!