WOW!!!

I wish that I had something all deep and spiritual for you but I just wanted to share my evening with you real quick....seriously I'll make it quick.

Yesterday I decided that I needed to breathe life back into my dirt bike after it had been laying unused and inoperable in my garage for something close to nine months. Humans are created in this time and I couldn't get my bike going!!! So I pulled the carb and got it all tuned in and cleaned then threw some gas into it and she started right up. Steve called me up today and we decided to go for a ride tonight after work. It was a beautiful evening when we left. Good temperature, a bit cloudy, two running bikes and two very willing riders. We gassed up and then took off to an undisclosed location (we weren't supposed to be there but couldn't resist the temptation) to stretch the legs of our bikes. We took off up the mountain slippin' and sliding on the wet earth and slippery rocks. We wheelied and jumped our way up the mountain becoming more and more aware of the extemely ominous clouds to the west that were rapidly aproaching. These clouds weren't the usual greyish clouds, oh no they were BLACK with curtain under them that you couldn't see through at all. Then it got interesting, lightning! It was beautiful....and getting closer as we got closer to the top of the mountain. How could this ever go wrong?

The rain hit hard and fast. A good wind kept it company and the easy rumbles of thunder had turned into bone shuddering claps. We decided that we should probably head back down the mountain to we turned tail and fled the elevations that brought us closer to the lightning. It was a slippery ride down but my friends it was beautiful. Redding was below us, lightning hitting all around us, our bikes below us slipping all over the trail and God was with us. He really went all out with tonights show. This was a fantastic show of might, creativity, beauty and sound. Every sense was alive!!!

Father thank you for blessing me with this life that I take for granted far to often. Thank you for showing me such an awesome side of you tonight . Thank you for my friend Steve, Father. I pray for him and his family and that they find you and become passionate and in love with you Father. Thank you Father. Amen!