Just this weekend I had helped Andy clean the garage and organize his tools, so the location of and difference between standard and metric tools was fairly fresh in my mind. Truly, I am not sure I really care about the difference. One uses fractions, one whole numbers. There is a slight difference in the shape of the part that attaches perhaps? I just knew that I had carefully put them in size order.
So I knew where to look. And we proceeded with the surgery. We loosened. We shifted. We tightened. We found a part that had somehow escaped, so we loosened, shifted and tightened again.
Amazingly, the horrible grinding was fixed. The "thunk, thunk" was gone. And the brakes still worked.
After that wreck we knew that it was really important for Canaan to just get back on the bike. The longer he waited the harder it would be, and the scarier the ride would seem. The details of fixing the bike could wait. And when you are thinking literally about bikes and young children I think that is probably good advice.
But I started talking to God about it.
Or, I suppose more accurately, He started talking to me.
How often do we have a bike wreck in our lives and then think it is necessary for us to jump back on the bike immediately? We are so afraid that we will never ride again. We fear failure, in it's many forms.
And so even though the bike is squealing, or grinding, or has a terrible "thunk, thunk" we jump right back on.
Our busted knee and scraped up elbow heal. We were wearing our helmet (of Salvation) so our head wasn't injured. We didn't break any bones. There were only a few bruises. Big deal.
But that bike is still squealing.
And God is saying, "Rest my child".
Maybe we're not supposed to be riding that bike anymore.
Or maybe that bike needs a complete overhaul.
And maybe it is time to get off wheels all together and try walking.
Just because we have healed, doesn't mean we are supposed to be doing the same thing we were doing before.
Sometimes change is good.
Sometimes sitting still for a moment is needed.
Sometimes God just wants our attention and squeaky brakes and wobbly wheels seems the only way to get it.
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
I'm not sure why I was supposed to write this. I'm not sure it even makes any sense with all the squeaky wheels and grinding brakes. I just know that Canaan's bike has a smooth ride now.
All things are possible when we leave them in hands that are bigger then ours.
I know who I trust!
Blessings,
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