Tuesday, March 25, 2008

WHO'S VOICE?


Heidi was extremely tired today and decided to take a nap while the boys were down for their naps.  As I had figured, the boys woke up before her, so I decided that the boys and I would watch a video while Heidi slept.  Watching television is something that we don’t do very often, so it’s a treat for the boys when we do…plus it’s one of the only things the boys can do for an extended period of time and stay fairly quiet.
Braden decided that he wanted to watch “Piglet's Big Movie“, which was nice.  I haven’t seen that one in quite a while and really enjoyed it.  The movie has a great message of acceptance of others, but what I concentrated on mostly during today’s viewing were the voices of Pooh and Tigger.
This past week, Heidi’s parents were down for the Easter weekend and we watched “The Tigger Movie“.  Heidi’s dad kept asking, “Who’s voice is that?” referring to Pooh.  He swore he had heard the voice before in another cartoon character.  So, I watched carefully at the end of the movie and found that the same man is behind the voice of Pooh and Tigger—Jim Cummings.  If you read his filmography from the link, you will find that you have most likely heard his voice as well through many different cartoon characters.
And that got me thinking…who’s voice are people hearing when you speak?  Who’s voice are they hearing when you act?  Who’s voice are you projecting in everything you do?  Are you allowing the Lord’s voice to come through you…or are you simply talking with your own voice?
Something that I wish were true for us is that a cartoon character cannot speak without the voice of the voice actor.  The voice actor changes his voice for each character, but there is still some resemblance between voices for it comes from the same person.  Hearing that voice we can say, “That’s Winnie the Pooh.”  But it also allows us to say, like my father-in-law, “Who’s voice is that?”.
Let people hear the Lord’s voice through you.  We should live our lives like a cartoon character…silent unless the Lord’s voice speaks for us.

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