The Guardrail

Last weekend I was walking along a piece of wood maybe 50 inches wide thousands of feet in the air across a canyon with tree’s as high as the sky surrounding me. I could see the water rushing at the bottom, the crisp breeze against my face and the loud realization hit me that I was thousands of feet in the air on a very small walkway of wood.

Now, one thing that is missing from this depiction is that there were guardrails on either side of the wooden plank, held up by a very sturdy structure designed to hold 100 plus people at a time.

As I was walking I was thinking, it’s amazing the difference that these guardrails make. Without them, you’d never have thousands of tourists walking through. But with them, everyone is at ease, enjoying a walk above a canyon.

I would never in a million years walk that wooden plank  without the guardrails- nor would anyone unless you were Hudini. You’d simply never do it, it would be looked at as crazy. Something you probably would not survive. But with them, it’s something we are okay to do.

Immediately following that thought came this one.

In life, I feel like God is that guardrail. His spirit and protection allows us to do things we otherwise would never attempt.

Think of how crazy it would be to walk thousands of feet in the air on a piece of wood 50 inches wide.

Now think of a dream that you have that may seem equally as crazy. You have the guardrail, you have God. You can do it. Just like you would not walk the wooden plank without the guard rail, but you easily would with it – the same goes for that wild crazy dream that you have.

You have that dream for a reason—now go get it.