Two days at Mach 1
We’ve got an offer on our house, we made one on a house here. Both are accepted and signed. Scheduled the movers.
Now the slow, painful wait to closing day – Nov 17th for the house on Old Spanish Trail.
On top of all of that trying to build a youth team.
The danger in all the activity is my soul.
So this afternoon I pulled out the bike for a ride to the top of the ridge. I got to the top – lungs were on fire. Altitude is around 5900 feet – higher than Denver. Looked up and saw snow capped Pikes Peak, scanned over to my right to see Mt. Evans, and Longs Peak – 14ers with snow, all on the front range. 6 mule deer were in the field off to my left. Zipped down the hill for 5 miles at around 25 miles an hour. Turned around and started the hill right back up.
About 1/4 of the way up I reach for my water bottle…uh-oh. No water bottle. I knew I was going to be toast. I called Amy to come get me. I had a meeting tonight and knew that if I didn’t hydrate I’d be a goner. Then the whispering started – work the mountain, don’t get in a hurry. Pace, balance, keep looking up.
I made it 80% up the hill before Amy got there. I was amped.
Why was this significant? I think it was the Spirit giving me directions about things other than mountain biking. Work the hill, don’t get in a hurry, pace it, balance, keep looking up.
5 Responses to “Two days at Mach 1”
Amazing — same sort of thing hit me monday when I went for a run. I had mapped out a new path but did not pay attention to the terrain. All hills. It was a short run, but thought I was going to die. Heard the still small voice “coaching” me in the same way — ‘easy on the pace, focus on the goal, one foot in front of the other, check your breathing’. As I finished the run — in a reasonable time for me after all — I to realized the lesson that was started.
Congrats man, I know that feels amazing to have that settled.
Also…
The rest of the post sounds like good advice for people in ministry.
Just remember bro, Currahee.
Congrats on both houses! Keep your eye on mail concerning this post.
Going 90 to nothing! Why am I not surprised?