I found this illustration just today, and thought it was great! It goes along with my last post on the life of faith--
"If you have watched a man a hundred times ride a bicycle across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope as he carries people on his shoulders one-at-a-time safely to the other side, you probably admit that you "believe" he could carry you safely across too. You may hope he'll never ask you to go with him, but if one day he does look YOU in the eye and calls YOU by name to ride on his shoulders across that huge canyon would you do it?
Did he call your bluff? If your "belief" is only in your head, you would decline the offer! But if you really believed in him, then you would not hesitate to go across with him. The proof of your belief will be in your willingness to follow Him in obedience because true BELIEF determines what your ACTIONS will be."
"If you have watched a man a hundred times ride a bicycle across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope as he carries people on his shoulders one-at-a-time safely to the other side, you probably admit that you "believe" he could carry you safely across too. You may hope he'll never ask you to go with him, but if one day he does look YOU in the eye and calls YOU by name to ride on his shoulders across that huge canyon would you do it?
Did he call your bluff? If your "belief" is only in your head, you would decline the offer! But if you really believed in him, then you would not hesitate to go across with him. The proof of your belief will be in your willingness to follow Him in obedience because true BELIEF determines what your ACTIONS will be."
4 comments:
Hey Martha,
Great illistration. Sure will miss you at school this semester. Does Nland send a team to the prison your working in? I'd love to know more about the ministry.
The extension team that comes to my church has a few guys and gals that will go to the jail as a part of their extension ministry. So, in the summers and while the extension is on break, there're only two people from the church(me being one of them:) that are involved with the ministry, and we're always looking for more people to be involved. Do you have an extension you were involved with, or are you looking for one??
holy cow martha. i managed to find and add evrybody from menominee high 05 on facebook or myspace...... u on the other hand have neither. how have u been its been way too long since we have had a chat.
What's your email address??
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