Time To Get Rid Of Mickey Mouse!

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Devotional Scriptures: Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 10:17, Galatians 3:28

It is time to get rid of Mickey Mouse!  I’m not sure if there was ever a
Devotional that made me as sad to write as this one, but it is time to get
out the rat poison and get rid of Mickey Mouse.  I was a child in the ’60s
and grew up with Mickey, Donald Duck, and Goofey.  Every Sunday night on TV
I watched Walt Disney’s Wide World of Entertainment.  The great movies I
grew up watching were the Disney classics.  To this day, I vividly remember
in 1974 going on what would be my first of many trips to Disneyworld in the
Orlando area.  It is one of those magical places that is exciting if you are
5 or 50!  That is why it is so difficult for me to tell you today that it is
time to get rid of Mickey Mouse!

The Disney empire, founded by Walt Disney, sadly went corporate many years
ago.  While they have tried to maintain and promote that “family friendly”
image that made Disney such a treasured name, they have not been able to
hide the fact that over the years they have traded in that image and the
good name of Disney for profits.  In addition to Walt Disney Pictures, they
also own Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Buena Vista Home Entertainment,
and others.  It is under these other names that they produce and profit off
of motion pictures promoting sex, violence, torture, and whatever depravity
you can name.  No matter how they try to hide it, these are Disney owned
properties.

Of course, Disney also owns ABC Television.  Despite that fact, they have
not been shy in producing garbage like Desperate Housewives and other
programming to capitalize on the moral decay of our society.  ABC also owns
The View and is the current employer of Rosie O’Donnell.  Wonder how long
Walt would have put up with her anti-Christian, anti-government, pro
homosexual views on life?  My guess is she would have been yanked off the
set in the middle of the program the first time she launched into one of her
outrageous tirades that have become her trademark.  Disney also owns cable
television, radio, and publishing properties that continuously put out
content that is anything but “family friendly.”

Of course, the centerpiece of the Disney corporate empire are the theme
parks.  In addition to Disneyland in the Los Angeles area and Disneyworld in
the Orlando area, you also have Disney theme parks in Tokyo, Paris, and Hong
Kong.  Over the years, I have taken the folks at Disney to task for their
support of “Gay Days” at their parks.  While they initially tried to
distance themselves from these gatherings of people who have chosen to
commit the sin of homosexuality, they now openly and without shame help to
promote and support these special days when they welcome with open arms men
and women who have chosen to engage in this unnatural and deviant form of
sexual relations.

The final straw came for me a few weeks ago when Disney announced they will
now welcome same-sex couples to get married at their Disney theme parks.  It
has long been a special package Disney has offered to people wanting to get
married at the Disney parks.  Thousands and thousands of weddings have taken
place at Disney parks over the years.  Until a few weeks ago, they had a
policy that only allowed marriages with  a legal marriage license.  In an
Associated Press article by Gary Gentile, Disney Parks and Resorts spokesman
Donn Walker said this change is in line with Disney’s long-standing policy
of welcoming every guest to the inclusive environments at the company’s
theme parks.  ”We want everyone who comes to celebrate a special occasion at
Disney to feel welcome and respected,” Walker told the AP.

Now I am certain many people reading this are thinking, with all the
problems in my life, in the world, who cares if gay people get married at
Disney?  Fair question.  Here is why we not only should care, but MUST care!
In the wake of the Imus fiasco last week, one thing stood out to me crystal
clear that I shared with you last Friday in dealing with that whole issue.
We as Christians have NO VOICE!  NONE!  NOBODY CARES WHAT WE THINK OR SAY!
Part of the reason is that we have chosen to take ourselves out of the
public arena and retreat to the safety of the Christian trough years ago.
The few who did stay to try and bring Truth to the world were marginalized,
stereotyped, mocked, and ignored.  The other part of that reason is that we
are so fractured, we don’t speak with one voice but many, thus there is no
clear and concise message.

The fact is we have the numbers, we have the ability to not only be heard
but institute change.  We have the ability to make a difference on the key
social issues of our day.  But there are only a few who are willing to stand
up and be heard without compromising the Truth of God’s Word.  Sadly, none
of these people have the ability to bring Christians across all of the
barriers we have erected to divide ourselves from each other making it is
easy to dismiss those few as “nutcases,” “whackos,” and “extremists.”  So it
has been easier for most to simply retreat to the safety and profitability
of the Christian trough, focus on those who are friendly to them and their
message, those who will financially support them, and not care about even
trying to bring the Body together or reach out to the lost and hurting.  To
them, those goals are a waste of time, energy and not worth the
“investment.”

I love you and care about you so much.  I am NOT telling you to quit
watching ABC, or going to watch movies put out by Disney movie studios, or
to stop taking your kids to Disney theme parks.  That is a principled choice
YOU need to make.  I am telling you that the Mickey Mouse of 2007 is NOT the
Mickey Mouse created by Walt Disney.  The current Mickey Mouse has sold his
soul to satan for money.  While he still wants to be seen as the friend of
the family, the fact is he has no conscience and will do whatever it takes
to add a few cents to the bottom line of the Disney balance sheets.  While
we used to think of Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, it won’t be long before
we see Mickey Mouse with Mark Mouse!!!

Sadly, because so many men and women of God have also sold out for the
bottom line, there is no real voice to lead the Christian community.  Due to
the fact everyone relies on people to give them money, they are more
interested in focusing their time and effort on those who will support them
than working to reach across the man-made walls we have built that divide
us.  They don’t preach a pure message of Truth and hope since they have to
focus each message on how to raise money.  Thus, we are divided into our
little fiefdoms, with no real voice, even though the numbers are there to
make an incredible impact on this nation and world if we could come together
as one.

Now maybe you can better understand my heart and vision.  That is why I am
feverishly working on not only getting the Liveprayer TV program back on a
national platform, but supported by corporate dollars so that I have no
concerns other than to bring God’s Truth and the hope and love of Jesus
Christ to the lost and hurting and being a non-threatening conduit for all
Believers to have their voice heard.  I should be able to sit down with the
folks at Disney and let them know that if they allow same sex marriages to
occur at their parks, they can forget any support from the Christian
community.  Let them make a business decision.  We should be able to wield
that type of influence in all areas of our culture as well as politically.
We have the numbers, we simply don’t have the voice and unity.

I will be praying for you.  Praying that you will seek the Lord whether your
family needs to continue to support Disney with your dollars.  I will also
ask you to be praying as God continues to open the right doors to bring the
right people into the life of this ministry as we seek to establish
Liveprayer as a place all Believers can look to to bring the Truth of God’s
Word into the marketplace and take a stand for righteousness in the
marketplace.  *If charlatans like Jackson and Sharpton can invoke their will
on society, if a group of people who choose to engage in sex God calls a sin
and an abomination can invoke their will on society, it is time that the
people of God who stand on His Truth and righteousness to invoke GOD’S WILL
on society!!!

Mickey Mouse has sold his soul, he is not the Mickey Mouse Walt Disney
created those many years ago.  It is time for him to go!!!

In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller

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bkeller@liveprayer.com

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