Saturday was a gorgeous day! After the ball game, pizza party and a short rest we decided to make the most of the cooler temperatures and head to the Chickamauga National Battlefield and let the boys ride their bikes.
Jeremiah has gotten a new-to-him bike. It's a cool story really. The kind that is easy to chalk up to coincidence but when you stop and take a minute you realize that God's extravagant, generous love is made visible even in bicycles. Jeremiah has needed a new bike for a while. He loves riding and his knees were knocking his chin on his other bike. We just didn't have it in the budget to go and buy him a new bike. So we were asking him to be patient while we looked at yard sales and tried to find a bike for him at a price we could afford. He was being patient, but it was the topic of much conversation. We even stopped and looked at a bike that he really liked, but it was used and they were still asking a lot of money and so we asked him to wait a little more. Last week Aaron found a bike on Craigslist. The man was willing to sell it for $10 so Aaron and the boys headed up there. As they were leaving with the bike the man ran out of his house and gave Aaron the money back. He wanted to give Jeremiah the bike. I am amazed how God used this situation to show Jeremiah how much He loves him! And maybe Jeremiah even learned a lesson about waiting and honoring God with your money.
So I watched Jeremiah take off on his new bike. Peddling hard down quiet roads. Flitting through shadow and light. I know I could feel God's smile.
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