Do you know the name, “Bob Keeshan”?
Likely not – but you probably do know him. He was the actor that played “Captain Kangaroo”.
Captain Kangaroo was one of the most successful children’s shows of all time. Interestingly, Bob Keeshan was 28 years old when he got the part of the much older Captain. This meant that before taping the show he had to spend hours in the make up chair. They put a gray wig on his head. They glued on a big gray moustache. They added wrinkles and a pair of glasses to make him look wiser. It was a long process every day.
However, as time went on, Bob found that he had to spend less time in the chair. Eventually, he did not need the gray wig because his own hair had turned gray. No longer did he need the fake moustache – he could grow his own. Real wrinkles eventually showed up so that he did not need the fake ones.
As Bob said, “I eventually grew into the part”.
I like that as a picture for Christian people. As we start the Christian walk, some things may seem unnatural. Replacing old attitudes with new ones can take some time. Changing our thinking from our perspective to God’s will take some effort at first.
Eventually, though, we will “grow into the part”. The attitudes and actions that we once had to work so hard to put on soon become just part of us.
In his later years, when people looked at Bob Keeshan they saw “Captain Kangaroo” because Bob looked like him all the time.
Hopefully, one day, when people look at us they will see Christ – because we look like him all the time too.
In the words of Philippians 2:5, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus”
Likely not – but you probably do know him. He was the actor that played “Captain Kangaroo”.
Captain Kangaroo was one of the most successful children’s shows of all time. Interestingly, Bob Keeshan was 28 years old when he got the part of the much older Captain. This meant that before taping the show he had to spend hours in the make up chair. They put a gray wig on his head. They glued on a big gray moustache. They added wrinkles and a pair of glasses to make him look wiser. It was a long process every day.
However, as time went on, Bob found that he had to spend less time in the chair. Eventually, he did not need the gray wig because his own hair had turned gray. No longer did he need the fake moustache – he could grow his own. Real wrinkles eventually showed up so that he did not need the fake ones.
As Bob said, “I eventually grew into the part”.
I like that as a picture for Christian people. As we start the Christian walk, some things may seem unnatural. Replacing old attitudes with new ones can take some time. Changing our thinking from our perspective to God’s will take some effort at first.
Eventually, though, we will “grow into the part”. The attitudes and actions that we once had to work so hard to put on soon become just part of us.
In his later years, when people looked at Bob Keeshan they saw “Captain Kangaroo” because Bob looked like him all the time.
Hopefully, one day, when people look at us they will see Christ – because we look like him all the time too.
In the words of Philippians 2:5, “Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus”
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