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Two days at Mach 1

October 25th, 2006 · 5 Comments · 44 views

We’ve got an offer on our house, we made one on a house here. Both are accepted and signed. Scheduled the movers.

Now the slow, painful wait to closing day - Nov 17th for the house on Old Spanish Trail.

On top of all of that trying to build a youth team.

The danger in all the activity is my soul.

So this afternoon I pulled out the bike for a ride to the top of the ridge. I got to the top - lungs were on fire. Altitude is around 5900 feet - higher than Denver. Looked up and saw snow capped Pikes Peak, scanned over to my right to see Mt. Evans, and Longs Peak - 14ers with snow, all on the front range. 6 mule deer were in the field off to my left. Zipped down the hill for 5 miles at around 25 miles an hour. Turned around and started the hill right back up.

About 1/4 of the way up I reach for my water bottle…uh-oh. No water bottle. I knew I was going to be toast. I called Amy to come get me. I had a meeting tonight and knew that if I didn’t hydrate I’d be a goner. Then the whispering started - work the mountain, don’t get in a hurry. Pace, balance, keep looking up.

I made it 80% up the hill before Amy got there. I was amped.

Why was this significant? I think it was the Spirit giving me directions about things other than mountain biking. Work the hill, don’t get in a hurry, pace it, balance, keep looking up.

Tags: lifewalking · theological ramblings

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Wayne // Oct 25, 2006 at 7:03 am

    Amazing — same sort of thing hit me monday when I went for a run. I had mapped out a new path but did not pay attention to the terrain. All hills. It was a short run, but thought I was going to die. Heard the still small voice “coaching” me in the same way — ‘easy on the pace, focus on the goal, one foot in front of the other, check your breathing’. As I finished the run — in a reasonable time for me after all — I to realized the lesson that was started.

  • 2 Paul // Oct 25, 2006 at 7:22 am

    Congrats man, I know that feels amazing to have that settled.

  • 3 Paul // Oct 25, 2006 at 7:23 am

    Also…
    The rest of the post sounds like good advice for people in ministry.

  • 4 Jlo // Oct 25, 2006 at 8:22 am

    Just remember bro, Currahee.

  • 5 H // Oct 25, 2006 at 8:44 am

    Congrats on both houses! Keep your eye on mail concerning this post.

    Going 90 to nothing! Why am I not surprised?

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