I came across this beautiful but challenging narration about faith as commitment... (a reflection by Jijo Jose Manjackal)
It’s a bright morning at Niagara Falls, 1859. The mist is rising, the roar of the waters is deafening and thousands of people are holding their breath.
A rope - just two inches thick - stretches across the mighty falls. And then he appears: Charles Blondin, the greatest tightrope walker of his time.
He steps onto that rope one careful step at a time. The crowd gasps - some turn their faces away. Step after step inch after inch and finally, he reaches the other side!
The people explode in cheers and applause. Blondin turns around and shouts, “Do you believe I can walk back again?” “Yes!” they roar.
He smiles. “Do you believe I can do it pushing a wheelbarrow?” “Yes!” Then he points to the crowd and asks, “Who will get into the wheelbarrow?” Silence. No one moved!
Everyone believed but no one committed! Everyone cheered but no one chose!
In our Christian life, it’s time to stop cheering from the sidelines and start choosing!
Faith is not a feeling to admire it is a choice to commit.
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