Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God 1 Cor. 10:31

I’m so grateful to be approaching 70 years old and still be able to ride my road bike; especially now that I’ve had a recent hip replacement. It’s one of the remarkable ways for me to connect back to a pleasant childhood, where bike riding was freeing, my mode of transport, and a major joy.

As part of the Salvation Army’s 2016 Serve-A-Thon, yesterday on Saturday, September 10, 2016, I joined a group of ten others who rode bikes round trip from Cooke Park in Fairhaven to the site of the Mayflower in Plymouth, MA. We called it “The Pilgrim Ride”.  In this message, may I share some added benefits that I sense surround the present and future of  our bike-riding day:

1. On a personal level, the opportunity to inspire others, especially my wife and family, to new heights of their own.
2. On a physical note, to exercise and stay fit.
3. On a social level, for the privilege of riding with accomplished people from our Town and surrounding area.
4. On a civic and service level, to appreciate people volunteering with and/or sponsoring me for a good cause; supporting the Salvation Army & Mobile Loaves & Fishes, two ministries in our area dedicated to helping the needy and homeless.
5. On an area value and tourist level, to introduce a perspective that will affect us all from Plymouth to Providence in a richer way.
6. On an interest level, to revisit the godly childhood of our area’s history and ask questions like: How did the first settlers get here? Why did they come?  What shaped their morality?  Where was their ultimate destiny?
7. On a humbling and Spiritual level, to glorify the God of the Bible to the best of my ability—through a personal, focused, motivated and hopeful “rubber meets the road effort”.

Jer 29:11; Rom 8:28; Ps 1:1-3; 1 Cor 16:13-14

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