Riding Bikes

Both boys are now riding bikes sans training wheels. Good job Ben and Joey!

Perhaps we can all learn from these seven (almost eight!) year old boys. All of us have something we are unwilling to release. When Mike removed the training wheels, Ben ran out ready to ride like a pro. He quickly found out it was not so easy. He was defeated and refused to try again for days. Joey, on the other hand, from the start wanted nothing to do with the newly remodeled bike. But when left alone, his sense of intrigue drew him to the strange, unfamiliar beast that beckoned from the garage.

We hold on so tight to the things of this world, that when they are taken from us, we lose heart. Perhaps they are taken from us so that we can go to the next level. Let go of the training wheels!

"It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery." Galatians 5:1