Walking the Tightrope – A Dream or a Call?
- Approximate Time Commitment: 5 minutes
This song is one element from the CIT Next online course Marriage Remade. In the song “Walking the Tightrope”, PT’s wife, Charity, expresses her perspective on the life that she has chosen together with her husband which metaphorically is “walking the tightrope.”
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The Marriage Remade online course philosophically jumps off from the starting point of assuming that God has placed a call on the life of you, a married couple, and that calling has brought you into a place of new mission and new meaning.
Stepping out into the new isn’t something unique to missionary families.
For the Morgenstern Family one of the favorite movies of the year is the 2017 film The Greatest Showman. The story is extremely fictitious and loosely follows the life of PT Barnum, the famous American circus showman, and his family and colleagues.
In the song “Walking the Tightrope”, PT’s wife, Charity, expresses her perspective on the life that she has chosen together with her husband which metaphorically is “walking the tightrope.”
Listen to the song (3:54), taking a look at the lyrics and reflect on how your family may have quite a bit of shared experience with the Barnum family.
Tightrope
by Michelle Williams
Some people long for a life that is simple and planned
Tied with a ribbon
Some people won’t sail the sea ’cause they’re safer on land
To follow what’s written
But I’d follow you to the great unknown
Off to a world we call our own
Hand in my hand and we promised to never let go
We’re walking the tightrope
High in the sky
We can see the whole world down below
We’re walking the tightrope
Never sure, never know how far we could fall
But it’s all an adventure
That comes with a breathtaking view
Walking the tightrope
With you, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
With you, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
With you
Mountains and valleys, and all that will come in between
Desert and ocean
You pulled me in and together we’re lost in a dream
Always in motion
So I risk it all just to be with you
And I…
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