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2009年05月10日
Japanese Mountains: The Youngest Climber
Even a five year old can climb rock!!!
Last week I met the youngest rock climber that I have met so far-he was only five years old!. He was climbing with his mother and his grandfather-all rock climbers. It looked like he had more gear than I had!!! At any rate, here he was climbing a 50 meter slab of granite and seeming to enjoy it.
His mother told me that he had already climbed it once and this would be his second time up the route. I climbed parallel to him and took some pictures. Everything seemed to be going just fine. However, about four fifths of the way up the route, there was a change. He became frightened and scared. I suspect he suddenly realized that being at the top of a 50 meter rock slab was not the safest place in the world. The first time, no doubt, he concentrated on the holds and nothing else and had a great time. The second time, he let his mind wander and fear set in.
I was immediately reminded of Peter when he was walking on the water. As long as he kept his eyes on Jesus and concentrated on how much power Jesus had, he was fine. The King James Bible tells us that "when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid".And he started to sink.
Well, Peter was ok-Jesus saved him. And the little boy was ok-his grandfather and his mother made sure he was safe.
But it really made me think. We need to concentrate on the RIGHT things-otherwise we will sink.We need to keep our eyes and our minds focused in the right direction.
Peter went on to become a great disciple. Jesus made sure of that. And I am sure my young climbing friend will go on to become a great climber in the future. His mom and his grandfather I am sure will see to that.
But we all go through life learning lessons-at five years old-or at fifty years old-it makes no difference.
Hopefully, I will keep on learning both as a climber and as a Christian.
投稿者 bethany : 2009年05月10日 14:35
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