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On the third weekend of August my wife and I rode the Sporty 150 miles to Rosalia for the 100 Years of Motorcycles rally. It was more of a bike show than a rally. Cost 19.95 per person per day. They had bands playing all day Saturday and Saturday evening. Didn’t pay much attention to them but had a good time wondering around and looking at bikes built by some of the biggest names in custom cycles and choppers. Indian Larry, Chica, Mondo and Denver Choppers, Hank Young, Eric Gorges and many more. Some very cool iron! It was about 330 miles round trip. To date, the longest ride my wife and I had taken.
The next month or so we made several more rides with those from our church. We had a lot of fun and it was great to have some people to share the rides with. After a few rides we started talking about forming a Christian Motorcycle club. Sounded like a good idea to us. We hadn’t heard or seen any in our area it could be a good way to get some other Christians involved in riding with us. It was pretty much just idle talk as stopped at different places to eat. Then one of the women we were riding with found out about the Christian Motorcycle Association online. She also found out they had a chapter in our area. She said she would contact them and see what they were about.
It was about this same time our church started the Alpha program. I had started attending and even though I thought I knew quite a bit about God’s word I was finding out that I really didn’t know as much as I thought I knew. Slowly, through Alpha, the rides with the Church group and my attending Church every Sunday so I didn’t miss a ride, God was silently working to change my heart. Life was good….
Luke 15:2-7
2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:
4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'
7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
The next month or so we made several more rides with those from our church. We had a lot of fun and it was great to have some people to share the rides with. After a few rides we started talking about forming a Christian Motorcycle club. Sounded like a good idea to us. We hadn’t heard or seen any in our area it could be a good way to get some other Christians involved in riding with us. It was pretty much just idle talk as stopped at different places to eat. Then one of the women we were riding with found out about the Christian Motorcycle Association online. She also found out they had a chapter in our area. She said she would contact them and see what they were about.
It was about this same time our church started the Alpha program. I had started attending and even though I thought I knew quite a bit about God’s word I was finding out that I really didn’t know as much as I thought I knew. Slowly, through Alpha, the rides with the Church group and my attending Church every Sunday so I didn’t miss a ride, God was silently working to change my heart. Life was good….
Luke 15:2-7
2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:
4 "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?
5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders
6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'
7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
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