Chris' Corner

December, 2009

            Years ago when things were bleak for everyone.  Hey, it sounds like today!  A world-famous tightrope walker strung a wire across Niagara Falls and invited the public to come and see him walk across.

            On the day he was to do it, thousands of people showed up to watch.  As he walked to the wire they cheered loudly.  He stopped and asked them, “Do you believe I can do it?”  They cheered, “Yes”.  Then he walked across.  He then asked them, “Do you believe I can do it again with a 100 lb. bag on my shoulders?”  Again, they cheered and he walked across once more.  A third time he asked the crowd, “Do you believe I can do it again carrying a man on my shoulders?”  A loud roar went up.  “Yes”, they shouted.  All right then who will volunteer to be that man.  Not a sound could be heard. Finally he convinced his manager to be that person he would carry on his shoulders.  But before they began he told him, “you must not give in to your feelings, because if you do you will turn and move when the wind blows against us and we will both fall to our deaths.  Your must believe in me and be one with me and we will make it.”  And they did!!

            This story brings to mind a scripture that I’ll paraphrase, “For those who believe, nothing is impossible for God.”  The amazing thing is that God wants to use us to be ambassadors of this message.  Feelings change with whatever hard wind is passing through our lives, but God’s Love is forever.  When the world is in such turmoil, it is those who are believers in the goodness and faithfulness of God that will be witnesses of hope for others who are suffering.  They will convey the peace of God that is beyond all understanding. 

            Perhaps this time we are living in is an invitation from God to, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make straight your paths.”  (Proverbs 3:5-6)

            Give yourself fully to the Lord in 2010 as God has already given Himself to you!  I wish you God’s Peace & Blessings in the New Year. 

Christian R. Malmgren 12/29/09