Windmill-kick to the face

So, it took a little convincing, but I finally talked Megan(the most amazing Fiance ever) to watch Kung-Fu Panda. I'm kind of a kid at heart, especially with animated movies. Lately, I like to sit and find the humor that completely surpasses the heads of all the little kids who watch them, some movies are worse than others. Just to set it up a little(if you haven't seen it yet, stop reading, go watch it, then continue reading) Po, the panda, is chosen as the Dragon Warrior who will be the savior of the town and/or China. Shifu is assigned to train Po in the art of Kung-Fu. He sends word to a prison to double the guards and protection around the bad guy, Tai Lung. The wise old master, Oogway who happens to be a tortoise, drops a bomb of wisdom on Shifu and the audience.

"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it," says Oogway. Say What?!? I had to stop the movie and rewind it. Here I am looking for adult humor in a childrens' animated movie, and I get windmill kicked in the face with this. Ouch. Maybe it hurt so much, because I've been there, done that kind of thing. Have you ever done something to avoid you're calling or destiny? I'm sure I've tried, but sovereignty always gets the best of me.

I was, however, instantly reminded of a classic bible story about a man that gets eaten by a fish, then vomited out of said fish. You can get the whole story here, but below is a little teaser for now.

Jonah 1:1-3
1)The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2)"Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3)But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.

Jonah tried to run/avoid God's will for his life, but it didn't work. He ended up in the belly of a fish, and through that God gave him a second chance to complete the objective. Interesting...I'd love to hear your thoughts.


*I found this picture through Google Images, The artist is Keith Tucker, I don't know anything about him so I don't endorse anything on his site, but this is a very cool painting. Clicking on the picture will take you to his website.