WRITE TO US

Riding the bycicle of life...

At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of things so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I died. God was out there, sort of like a president...

I don't know just when it happened that we changed places, but life has not been the same since. When I had control, I knew the way. It was rather boring actually, but predictable. It was mostly the shortest distance between two points.

God took me to people with gifts that I needed, gifts of healing, gifts of acceptance, gifts of joy. They gave me their gifts to take with me on our journey, God and mine, and we were off again.

But when God took the lead, He knew delightful long cuts up mountains and rode through mountains at breakneck speeds. And it was all I could do to hang on. Even though it all looked like madness, God said, "PEDAL," but I worried and I was anxious and asked, "But where are you taking me?" God laughed and didn't answer.

So, I was forced to trust or have faith. It was then that I forgot my boring life and entered into the adventure. And when I would say, "But I'm scared," God would just lean back and simply touch my hand.

God took me to people with gifts that I needed, gifts of healing, gifts of acceptance, gifts of joy. They gave me their gifts to take with me on our journey, God and mine, and we were off again.

And then one day God said to me, "Give the gifts away," and I said "Why?" And God said, "They are extra baggage - too much weight - give them away."

So, I did - to the people I met. And I found in doing the giving that I received even more in return. And the burden of the weight somehow got lighter.

You know, I did not trust God at first, in control of my life. I knew God would wreck it. But God knows a lot of secrets about bike riding. God knows how to make it lean, to take sharp corners. God knows how to make it jump to clear high rocks. God even knows how to make it fly to shorten scary passages.

And so, I have learned to shut up and pedal - sometimes in the strangest of places. And you know, I am beginning to enjoy the view and the cool breeze in my face.

And, most of all, this presence who pedals on the seat in front of me. And when I am sure I can't journey a foot farther, God just smiles and turns back to me and says, "Pedal, just pedal!"