Wallenda High Wire Walk

Nik Wallenda high wire walks Canyon Gorge

Nik Wallenda was born with a challenge unlike any other--to continue the legacy of 7 generations of high wire walkers.  He also has a wife and 3 kids who are intricately woven into each walk--he may not come back.  Let's put this one on the line:  is faith in this case tempting God?  If we undertake a deliberate act of risk to our lives, and then ask for God's protection, is that tempting God (or at least fate?)  Now, the astronaut takes a big risk too.  Like Wallenda, the astronaut has exclusions in his life insurance policy!  But doesn't the end justify in some sense the risk--the astronaut exploring space vs. the high wire walker trying to live his legacy? 

Think about about it?  There he is 1500 feet up, no harness, 18mph wind, and he kneels to focus.  And exactly why is he doing this?  Because he was born into the yoke of his family?  Forget Wallenda.  How many folks do we know who spend their lives trying to prove themselves to themselves?  The reverse is true.  That we are given our lives by the Creator who in turn bids us to create more life.  That is the purpose of life--with its infinite variations to enhance life and living--but the bottom line is the same, how are you creating life? Or, do we tempt God to give us something in life that we think is more than the original gift from the Giver? 

The point of life is found in the closing picture for me.  What else is there? 

Wallenda's wife greets him