Wind, Exhaustion and Christian Fellowship

The wind was really blowing through Iowa today. You might be able to get an idea by how much some of these stems are bent over. It's hard to get a picture of the wind. It really took it out of me. Actually, today was just a rough day for me in general.

I woke up this morning and for the first time didn't really have a desire to get on my bike. I was just tired. I stopped a couple times to read through some psalms, in order to remind myself of God's promise for provision. We only had 46 miles to bike, but I really needed that to get me through.

Even so, as I got about 10 miles out, all I could do was ask for God to sustain me. About 2 miles outside of Central City I saw a Baptist Community Church and a man (presumably the pastor) mowing the lawn. I had a burden to stop, give him a card and talk to him for a few minutes. I pulled over and considered for a minute,but really just wasn't in the mood to talk. So I decided to keep going. Over the the next 100 yards, the burden just kept growing to go talk to the gentleman. So I turned around and had the opportunity to talk to Bob and his daughter. I mentioned what we are doing, the projects we're supporting, but in reality, Bob was ministering to me. I can't tell you how much of a ministry it was to me to just talk to a Christian brother along the route. Bob, if you have the chance to read this, thank you.

Mike
mcsc2c@gmail.com