Feats of Strength

I have a insane fascination about sport, especially strength related sports like the International Strongman Competition

At the moment, the Strongest Man organisers believe the world strongman title should go to John Wooten of Massachusetts. At 51 years old, he had towed a Mississippi river boat against the current, piggybacked an elephant, stopped two jet planes from taking off by holding them down, and pulled a 280-ton train along a track. John Wooten is 1,86 m (6'1") tall and weighs 132 kg (290 lb).

He got his start in the strongman business in 1969 when he happened to meet a 79 kg (175 lb) man in his 70s who could bend 60-penny railroad spikes in his bare hands and taught him how to back-lift elephants.

Dennis Rogers is currently, pound for pound, the strongest man in the world. Weighing just 67kg (148 lb) he regularly bends stacks of metal objects and has also stopped planes from taking off. You can check out his website here

One thing these feats do is remind me of what it takes to become people of great inner strength. The ability to overcome great adversity or resistance is what makes these men seperate from the rest of us mere mortals and it is the same with our character. To become big people in God requires faith. Faith overcomes great resistance and adversity, resulting in massive people of faith!

To see great feats of strength inspires me, so can the same be said for great feats of faith? Yes.