
One of those partnerships was with the Florida Citrus Commission. lots and lots of money! To keep ahead of the constant demand for cash the Disney Company entered into partnerships with a number of companies and groups who “sponsored” different aspects of the project. Today we know it as Walt Disney World, the most popular tourist destination in the world!Ī project of that magnitude required money. The Disney Company had acquired 57 square miles of land in central Florida where Walt envisioned a huge family entertainment complex. That little tune up above probably sounds very familiar to you.įor the many generations of Orange Bird fans who are younger than I am, here’s a little background to help you understand where our favourite little bird came from!īack in the mid 1960’s Walt Disney was busy building his latest daring venture which he called the Florida Project. If you’re as old as dirt, like I am, you were probably glued to your television set back in the 1960’s and you watched a little orange bird urging you to drink Florida Orange juice. It was sung by an Oklahoma beauty queen named Anita Bryant! ♫♪ Orange juice with natural vitamin C ♪♫ Oh, the pleasure that flooded my soul, I will never hesitate again to “Take my cloths off.” My King is waiting for me and I will not keep Him waiting.♫♪ For fresh tasting orange juice, naturally ♪♫ Now, that you have taken your cloths off!Īs I did everything thing that the Lover of my soul instructed me to do, I was instantly taken to the High Place and it was just him and I. I can now adorn you with my oil of gladness and you can sip from my wine of healing. I will cloth you with my Glory, with my peace, with my love. Now that you are clean and naked, I can lead you into my Most Holy Place my most intimate place. Wash your arms from all the unholy things you have embraced Wash your torso from things you have allowed to enter into your heart Wash your legs and your feet from those forbidden places you walked today. Wash your head, cleansing your thoughts from the vain imaginations, wash your face, your eyes, your ears,you mouth from all the vile things you have seen, heard and said today. Now, come to the basin and take your cloths off my bride. You can’t come into my presence because you have not prepared yourself for your King. He whispered in my hear, “take your cloths off”come to the basin that is in the outer court and bath. At the point of pure desperation, I raised my hands and said without realizing it, “God I need you!” It was what the Father was waiting for, me to come to a desperate place and cry out to him in my weak and feeble state. I’m not sure how I got to this place, but I was here none the less. Everything I had done or said wrong during the day was over powering the worship songs that were being sung in the back ground. Thoughts from the day were bombarding my soul, screaming accusations of my unworthiness. The more I struggled to pull myself out the more I was pulled deeper into the abyss. Frustration begins to engulf me, instead of being lifted to a high place, I felt myself sinking into a hole. Struggling to come into the presence of God after a long and trying day I push myself to try to enter into the Holy Place.
