I’ll never forget the life lesson i learned while riding Faith, the name i’ve given my bike. I was about to head up a steep slope on the trails of Antipolo I’ve never been able to complete. Every time i rode it I would always seem to stop and struggle getting back on to finish the climb. Then one day before that stretch of the trail, i stopped and said a very simple prayer and asked Him to give me enough strength to finish the climb.
I mounted myself on the bike and started the climb. It was tough and I forced myself to keep on going. I focused more on looking down at the trail so as not to be distracted at the distance i still had to cover to get to the top. Thinking that i had only a few meters to go, i decided to look straight ahead only to realize i still had a long ways to go.
It was then that i stopped…again. I didn’t complete the climb…again. I gave up…again. BUT it was also in the middle of my discouragement that i felt Him say to me…”Gary, look at where you came from.” I looked back and saw how much i already had climbed. Then He continued “I was with you when you started the climb and I am with you now. When you are done with this climb and move on to the next section, and when you’re done with the entire trail…I will still be with you. You don’t have to go back down in order to reach the top. Just stop at whatever point you feel you need to rest, and when you hop back on that bike…I will be with you. And should you stop again, hop on again and start from there…and I will be with you. Gary, I only ask that you have faith in knowing that I am with you very step of the way. I know your weaknesses but I am your strength. I know what you need. I will provide. Have faith Gary I will lead you to the top.”
It is for this reason that i call my bike Faith. It’s symbolic of how i should live. In life, I should share, live, walk…and ride…by faith.
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i love this song!Fix A Heart ll Demi Lovato
I just ran out of band-aids. I don’t even know where to start ’Cause you can’t bandage the damage, You never really can fix a heart. Even though I know what’s wrong, How could I be so sure, If you never say what you feel, I must have held your hand so tight. You didn’t have the will to fight. I guess you needed more time to healI love this song…always have.
20 I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:20-21
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