A dead Battery

There I stood, coffee in hand, dressed to ride, excited to go meet my brothers for a poker run honoring a fallen brother from a local club. My battery had been giving me some trouble of late, but I kept putting off buying a new one. Money has been tight and besides, as long as it was still taking a charge and cranking—what the heck, right? I turned on the switch…womp…womp…womp…waaaaaa…click, click, click. I text my brothers to let them know I was dead in the water. I missed the run.

I remember a brother I rode with back in the old days that told me I should buy a battery tender. I never saw the need for one; I always thought they were for yuppies (laughing). Recently, I read up on how the battery tender can add a year, or sometimes two, to your battery life. Yes, there is a moral to this story.

I know many of you that ride, or don`t ride, know the feeling of disappointment, the feeling of being left behind as brothers or friends ride off into the wind. I also know that we all have dead batteries at times. Sometimes in our motorcycles, cars, and trucks—and sometimes our spiritual batteries go dead.

I grew up I AA meetings; I got sober in 1988. The old saying in AA was “Self will run riot.” Another one I liked was the acronym “NUTS” which stood for “Not Using The Steps.” In those days the AA book was my Bible—today, although I still attend meetings from time to time and cherish the lessons I learned in those rooms, the Bible is my point of reference.

When I think about running on my own power I see how fast—every time—that my spiritual battery goes dead. Jesus is a source of unending power, prayer is my battery tender, and self-will is like leaving my switch on—my battery will go dead every time.

As I have often stated here on this blog, I don`t speak down to my readers. I don`t ever want to seem like I`m trying to be some spiritual giant that speaks from on high. I`m a man who desperately needs Jesus, and I too fight the daily battles of the flesh. I laugh at myself because my mind sees the world in cartoons and Seinfeld episodes. God speaks lessons to me in simple ways—like a dead battery. I hope this story relates to someone. I hope the Lord uses this story to touch someone in the way it touched me—a fellow seeker of Christ. WP

Christian Biker Dating website

I was doing some surfing and I ran across this site for Christian Bikers. It promotes dating for Christian Bikers. It also has some pretty good links as well. I don`t know much about this website but it seems to be focused in the right direction, as I surfed through it. I have heard about Christian singles sites that don`t exactly measure up to Christian principles—so—this is not a direct endorsement of the site—I simply wanted to share it with my readers. The site is ChristianBikerDating.com for those who would like to check it out.

I`m certainly no match maker, I have been legally married twice and call myself married to my current bride (we wear wedding bands as well). We found that the financial penalties of “legal” marriage would hurt our funding for college (what a shame, huh?) so we plan to officially tie-the-knot in the future.

I remember having a Christian Brother look down his nose at me when I explained this to him. He said, “You should obey God and get married.” I told him that we were every bit married in the eyes of God as anyone—we just don`t have a paper from the state saying so. I figure it like this: I was legally married twice and cheated on both my wives living as a heathen. It`s a bit late to worry about following the laws of Moses (laughing). I know God put this beautiful woman in my life, and I will be with her until the day I die. She knows it, I know it, and God knows it—that`s all that matters. Since I was saved I`m no longer a “whore-dog” so I figure I`m headed in the right direction.

Why am I sharing all this? I know my brothers and sisters in the wind. Many of you are just like me. You used to party, drink, fight, and have sex with whomever whenever. Christ came into your lives and everything was changed. Some of us were already single. Some of us had to divorce our spouses because they would not change. The Church often gives a conflicting message to believers about divorce. Now that I am in Christ, I will not divorce unless there is infidelity, abuse, or abandonment as the bible says. I do believe it is wrong to divorce for convenience even though I did it twice. I think once you are divorced and saved that the Church should not judge that. But once saved—we have to behave different and try to work things out. Like I said—I`m the example of what you don`t do so don`t think I`m an expert (laughing).

In 2 Corinthians 6:14 Paul writes, “Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?” I believe that we should find like-minded wives and husbands as we walk our new lives in Christ. Paul also tells us not to burn with lust or passion—it is better to get married (1 Corinthians 7:9).

So, I hope this will help a few of my brothers and sisters in the wind find that special Christian someone that God has awaiting you. God bless. WP

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