lessons from a bike...

Hebrews 10: 35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

so as I was taking a cycling class on saturday morning... and these people are all really silly together.. we sing out loud together.. we yell and act like we might die together...  I realize I really enjoy spinning... not just the results but the people and the class in general... and I was thinking back to the first class I ever took.. I thought I was literally going to pass out from lack of oxygen... I thought I really could not make it through the class... gasping for air.. barely able to walk afterwards.. legs shaking....

and I thought... I made it through.. I kept pushing when I thought I could give no more... when I had nothing to give I dug deep and held on... and I made it through.. truthfully... every class is close to that same experience... while I may not be gasping for air like I was in the beginning.. each and every class is still as much of a push as the first one was... I really push myself in spinning like I have not done in any other type of class... and there are people there for me to get through it with....supporting one another...

and I realize... my walk with God.. my trials and tribulation is much the same as this...
God puts me in a situation.. I feel like I cannot go on.. I can't breathe.. I am ready to die over it... somehow.. I hang on for dear life.. and I am able to make it through...

He places people in our lives during the different trials.. that may only be there for that one trial.. or they may be there for a whole lifetime.. but we are able to support one another and laugh at each other and sing along the journey together.. and we all think we are not going to make it... but in the end we do....

there is also the pain... as I keep going forward.. I become stronger and the pain lessens... I believe this to be true in my walk with God too... I learn that He has me no matter what it looks like.. and I may have a rough day and be sore and crying... but it only lasts a few days.. then I am stronger than I was before it...

thank you Lord.. for the lessons from a bike... and from life too.. and the people I am going through this life with... I cherish each one of them.. truly...