Charles Blondin was a famous French acrobat who was most widely known for walking a tightrope across Niagara Falls. He would do this multiple times a day for crowds of people who came just to see the feat.
He would add to the walk by cooking breakfast on a stove in the middle of the wire or pushing a wheelbarrow across it.
He would ask the crowd if they believed he could push someone across the wire in the wheelbarrow. Many shouted yes and one gentleman in the front gleefully expressed his confidence in Blondin’s ability.
Blondin asked if the man truly believed he could successfully push someone across in the wheelbarrow. The man replied in the affirmative. Blondin said, “Then you get in the wheelbarrow.”
The man suddenly lost his enthusiasm.
Many people like the idea of something, but they aren’t ready to be a part of what makes it happen.
Faith is like this. Faith believes that the trip across the wire will be successful, enough to get in the wheelbarrow.
It’s great to see someone do something incredible.
It’s even better to see it from the wheelbarrow.
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