We're a one car family. It works because I try to use my bicycle as much as possible. Last week, however, I wiped out on my bike. I didn't notice that the road was covered with a thin sheen of ice and when I turned into my first corner I slammed to the ground. It took my breath away and messed up my chain and my gears. It took me almost two hours to set my bike up again that night, and I've put it away until next spring.
But we're still a one car family, so how would I get to work on the days that Marja needs it to get to her job? I decided to walk. It 's 3.7 kilometres to the church and now I know that it takes just under thirty-three minutes. Cycling this distance, by the way, only takes nine minutes. But I've discovered that walking this distance is great. I see things I haven't seen before and I have time to think. And what I thought about this morning was how excited I was to come to the office and write a sermon about the simplest but most important message that we have for the world, that Jesus is the Son of God and that in Him we have eternal life and the power to overcome whatever the world throws at us (I John 5:1-13). A simple message birthed while engaged in the simplest of human activities: walking!