Would You?

If I never prayed quite right
If I never sang it strong
If I never let you close
Would you save my soul?

If I never shared my secrets
If I never listened to your whispers
If I just lived for me
Would you make me whole?

If I never gave another dime
If I never tried to get to church
If I never hung out with brothers
Would you still draw near?

Yes.

Racing

Here's a racing pic of some of the guys and gals before the crit race. Note my partner in crime with the yellow helmet and same club colors.

Breakfast

Here is breakfast at the cabin. There is no better place to start the day. This one involved pancakes, which is one of my favourite foods. And Terry, who is my favourite person.

Life

Bike racing is a microcosm of life. Last night was our criterium championship race and I lined up with at least 4 other guys in our group who could, and most likely would, beat me. Not a problem, I enjoy racing, win or lose.

But, just like life, things happen. The top two contenders got in a fight mid race and that allowed the rest of us to get away. That's two down. That changed everything and myself and a teammate then took control of the race which I won in the end. I would not have been anyone's pick as the winner but through changing circumstance I was able to come out on top.

Did I deserve the win? Who cares, you get a lot of things you don't deserve in life and the rule in cycling is the first guy across the line is the winner. Did the others deserve to lose? Who cares, sometimes things happen you just can't control or couldn't forsee happening.

Life just comes at you. What you do with it is what counts. You can't control it anymore than you can control all the variables in a bike race. Accept the unknown and use every variation to your advantage to get across the finish line. Keep alert and look for opportunities. Team up with somebody, maybe Jesus. Don't start fighting with each other. And if the win presents itself, go for it and don't look back.

Brain cooked

It's 2.30 pm and my brain is cooked already. A bike ride looms, after which I will be able to function again.

Did you know I made a super excessive effort (for me) last night to load some teaching CD's into itunes and then burn disks only to find out that they loaded backwards? The first track says, "Thank you for listening to this life changing message....." and then it's all in reverse from there. I have yet to make itunes work for me.

Did you know there are 2211farms in Canada that earn over $2 million in revenue every year? And 3700 that earn over a million? Not bad coin. I'm doing my analysis of the farm industry this week and I know lots of neat stuff now. Pays to know the size of your market. I think I qualify as a business apostle for being such a student of the industry.

Which reminds me. Someone told me that I suffer from spiritual slumber in the summer and that all my brothers and sisters do to. A bunch of pastors got together and figured it out. Told me to wake up and be alert because God was going to do something big and I might miss it. Rubbish, pure fiction made up in the minds of men. I'm awake and so are my compatriots.

However, my brain is cooked so I guess they have a point of sorts. To the bike!