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Is There Life After High School Musical 3?
Just when you thought High School Musical had ridden off into a Disney-filled sunset, you are now fully aware that the third and possibly final installment is back and bigger than ever.
Given the previously complicated nature of the plot lines from HSM 1 and 2, let me give you a synopsis of the storyline, courtesy of Hudgens herself:
"It's senior year," the actress said, "so there's going to be graduation and prom!"
Did you catch all that?
But what will we do when the Wildcat gang has all graduated and the kazillion dollar franchise has moved on???
Fear not fans, I have a feeling that HSM 4 is already being formulated in the genius minds of Disney writers even as you read this.
Miley Cyrus anyone? Oh...bet on it - bet on it.
Another thing you can bet on is the fact that there will be enough excitement about the movie, the soundtrack, and (of course) the merch to power a nuclear reactor. HSM fans really do feel like they are all in this together, and this might be their last chance (sniff...sob).
OK, so I get getting excited about a movie or series of movies. Especially when you can relate and even wish your high school experience was filled with the innocence and the genuineness of East High School.
What I don't get is the fact that in the real world there is a fantastic, mysterious, and relational God who wants to bring authenticity and innocence to His creation...but hardly anyone seems to get excited about that anymore.
Maybe folks have forgotten or never even learned about who God is and what He is like? Perhaps you see Him as an old man in a cosmic rocking chair who just smiles and waves as you go about your life? Or even worse, your understanding of God is that He is in charge of the fun police, so don't you dare try and mix happiness and joy with being a Christian, or you might get a lightning bolt upside your head.
Well, if you only knew the true nature of Yahweh, the God of the Bible, I believe you would understand true excitement. So let me get you started down this amazing path.
First of all - in the words of Rich Mullins - our God is an awesome God. He has always been and He will always be. Just to give you a picture of how great God is, check out these statements:
Who else has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?
Who else knows the weight of the earth
or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale? (Isaiah 40:12).
Wait a sec - did you catch that? God used the palm of His hand to measure the oceans of planet earth! That's 687 decillion gallons of water! Oh - and he measured off the span of the universe with His fingers. That would be 18 billion light years in just the observable universe. A light year is 67,890,000 miles, so the known universe is 68 million miles times 18,000,000,000!
Now are you getting an idea of how awesome God is? But the most exciting part is that this incomprehensible Being who needs absolutely nothing from anyone actually desires to be our friend. After all, the Bible says that the fingers of God that measured the universe also knit each of us together in the womb of our mother. The same hands that held all the water on planet earth were nailed to a cross.
Why? Because this awesome God chose to die rather than live without us. The hands that formed the universe now reach out to you in love and acceptance.
Will you accept Him? He's given you a choice, you know. You can choose to struggle and fight against the way God designed life, or you can fall back into the arms of Jesus Christ by trusting Him for forgiveness and true relationship. You can wake up each day knowing that you are in a friendship with the God who made everything and will love you forever.
And when you do accept Him, know that you are accepted as well...totally and unconditionally.
Now that is something to get excited about!
Head: What you need to know about this truth
The awesome God of the universe created us to be in relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
Heart: What you need to feel about this truth
Feel excited and overwhelmed that a forever loving relationship is available to you each and every day!
Hands: What you need to do about this truth
To get a better idea of who God is and what He is like, read Psalm 139 each day this week.
From Dare to Share
Just when you thought High School Musical had ridden off into a Disney-filled sunset, you are now fully aware that the third and possibly final installment is back and bigger than ever.
Given the previously complicated nature of the plot lines from HSM 1 and 2, let me give you a synopsis of the storyline, courtesy of Hudgens herself:
"It's senior year," the actress said, "so there's going to be graduation and prom!"
Did you catch all that?
But what will we do when the Wildcat gang has all graduated and the kazillion dollar franchise has moved on???
Fear not fans, I have a feeling that HSM 4 is already being formulated in the genius minds of Disney writers even as you read this.
Miley Cyrus anyone? Oh...bet on it - bet on it.
Another thing you can bet on is the fact that there will be enough excitement about the movie, the soundtrack, and (of course) the merch to power a nuclear reactor. HSM fans really do feel like they are all in this together, and this might be their last chance (sniff...sob).
OK, so I get getting excited about a movie or series of movies. Especially when you can relate and even wish your high school experience was filled with the innocence and the genuineness of East High School.
What I don't get is the fact that in the real world there is a fantastic, mysterious, and relational God who wants to bring authenticity and innocence to His creation...but hardly anyone seems to get excited about that anymore.
Maybe folks have forgotten or never even learned about who God is and what He is like? Perhaps you see Him as an old man in a cosmic rocking chair who just smiles and waves as you go about your life? Or even worse, your understanding of God is that He is in charge of the fun police, so don't you dare try and mix happiness and joy with being a Christian, or you might get a lightning bolt upside your head.
Well, if you only knew the true nature of Yahweh, the God of the Bible, I believe you would understand true excitement. So let me get you started down this amazing path.
First of all - in the words of Rich Mullins - our God is an awesome God. He has always been and He will always be. Just to give you a picture of how great God is, check out these statements:
Who else has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?
Who else knows the weight of the earth
or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale? (Isaiah 40:12).
Wait a sec - did you catch that? God used the palm of His hand to measure the oceans of planet earth! That's 687 decillion gallons of water! Oh - and he measured off the span of the universe with His fingers. That would be 18 billion light years in just the observable universe. A light year is 67,890,000 miles, so the known universe is 68 million miles times 18,000,000,000!
Now are you getting an idea of how awesome God is? But the most exciting part is that this incomprehensible Being who needs absolutely nothing from anyone actually desires to be our friend. After all, the Bible says that the fingers of God that measured the universe also knit each of us together in the womb of our mother. The same hands that held all the water on planet earth were nailed to a cross.
Why? Because this awesome God chose to die rather than live without us. The hands that formed the universe now reach out to you in love and acceptance.
Will you accept Him? He's given you a choice, you know. You can choose to struggle and fight against the way God designed life, or you can fall back into the arms of Jesus Christ by trusting Him for forgiveness and true relationship. You can wake up each day knowing that you are in a friendship with the God who made everything and will love you forever.
And when you do accept Him, know that you are accepted as well...totally and unconditionally.
Now that is something to get excited about!
Head: What you need to know about this truth
The awesome God of the universe created us to be in relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.
Heart: What you need to feel about this truth
Feel excited and overwhelmed that a forever loving relationship is available to you each and every day!
Hands: What you need to do about this truth
To get a better idea of who God is and what He is like, read Psalm 139 each day this week.
From Dare to Share
