think about it

Funny how a simple statement can really urk you. My cousin was trying to get me to learn how to do a backflip on a trampoline and my brain just would not connect with my legs to flip over... After the 20th try, I decided to give it a rest for the day. Bah! Yet, I just hated the feeling of semi-quitting.
Recalling my failed attempts at backflipping, a statement came to mind: "Is the Risk greater than the Reward?" Thoughts flooded in, "if you land wrong you could break your neck! or arm, and even if you just break a finger...your starting massage school in 2 weeks" "do you really want to be a gimp or, at that, a parapalegic when you begin classes??" Hmmmm, in this case I weighed the Risk greater then the Reward of...of...being able to actually do what I couldn't do before.
My mind went to lots of other things that I have done on the flip side. "I think I will jump off of this 40 ft cliff into water...my Risk is high, but man, that Reward will sure be nice when I feel weightless before hitting the water below." Some may think that more stupid then the previous situation, yet my mind works differently in these cases.
But, what about when the Reward is amazingly "wow", the Risk is huge, but you are so addicted to that "thing" it makes the Reward appear puney?
aha! think on this: What was Jesus Risk and Reward for coming to this earth and saving humanity??