THOUGHT FOR THE DAY –
Mark 10:43-45
"Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
NIVThe Journey - Installment Ninety-Seven
Just as we were about to insert the tube, along came three of the “Hammerheads.” They should already have been at the lunch break. We were elated to see them and I asked them if it mattered if we put the tube in the defective tire. One of them answered, “Yes, it does matter. You’ll just get another flat very soon.” He proceeded to take some empty energy bar wrappers out of his pocked and fold them up, inserting them against the wall of the tire where the slit was, making an effective temporary patch which would protect the tube until we got to the rest stop for lunch. With the tire now repaired, we headed for lunch which turned out to be not a great distance from where I had the flat tire."Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
NIVThe Journey - Installment Ninety-Seven
As a postscript to this episode, on the next day, the day after the ride, on Monday, I called that fellow to thank him again for fixing my tire. He was from Sacramento and owned a bike shop. He told me that he had six flats that day up to when he saw us. That was highly unusual to have that many flats. So I told him that I believe the Lord allowed that so that he would be able to rescue me and that I was so sorry he had to experience changing so many tires. I do believe that he had those flats for me, otherwise, who knows how long it would have been before we got to the lunch break and it might have caused me to miss the last half of the day’s ride.
At the lunch break, one of the volunteers changed my tube and tire while I ate my lunch. We got a well-needed break from riding and visited with one another for a few minutes. One of the great volunteers gave me a back rub. What great servants they all were.
They say that everything that happens, happens for a reason so I agree with you, it was meant for that guy to be stopped so many times to fix someone else's tires so that he wouldn't be way ahead of you and so, not able to help you! I so enjoyed seeing all the photos and I can well imagine how much the massage was appreciated:-) xoxo
ReplyDeleteWhat an angel in disguise...You have so many milestones to add to your deep foundation of faith.
ReplyDeleteLove this story. Great pictures.