An Awesome Reflection From My Friend Kevin

"So do you remember that first time you rode a bicycle without the training wheels? I do and it was terrifying. But anyways I remember that my dad had my hand on his back as we started to move forward. As I gained more and more speed and control over the bike, I slowly felt my dads hand slip away. I may not have noticed exactly when it came off, but once I realized it was off, I'm not gonna lie, I got a big too confident with myself. I thought i was a hotshot who could ride a bike without my dad and what happened? I fell to the ground. I yelled for my dad to come help me cause i was trapped under the bike. Now I only got a few brush burns, but to me, this was a big deal. It was pain that my dad said that I wouldn't get, and I didn't want to get back on the bike. But eventually, he convinced me to try again and hop back on the bike, and what happened this time? well... I fell again. I wasn't the most coordinated child. But my dad never gave up on me until that day that I could finally take off the training wheels and ride that bike by myself. I knew that my dad had let go, but at the same time, I knew that he was still watching me, and if I got hurt, he would be there quickly to help me. So why am I telling you about this? (cause I doubt any of you really care about the first time I rode a bike) Well today I was thinking. And riding a bike isn't much different than our relationship with God. It is scary at first when you decide to take that leap of faith, but our problems do not go away after that. At first, It is an amazing feeling, you know your God is there and you know that your God will keep you moving in the right direction. But eventually, it seems as though God has let go, now at first, you may be like me, and be over confident saying psh well I don't even need God, I can do this by myself and it leads us to sinning and doing things that hurt us. We end up feeling alone, like a helpless child with no strength. But when we finally call for God and beg for his help, he comes rushing to our side to pick us back up, put us on our feet and get us moving in the right direction. Now, there are going to be many more times that we fall, and that's a scary thought, but as long as we cry out for help, our God will always be there in an instant to help us back up on our feet again. He will always be there to help you heal. He will always be there to easy your suffering, but you have to turn to him. We have to accept him as our God, the Almighty, who can save us from anything that we have been through, and eventually it will seem as though God has let go of us once again, but we know our God is watching and we will be fine, so we keep moving forward. I don't know where you guys are right now in your spiritual life. Maybe you feel like God isn't really holding onto you anymore? Well know he is still there looking at you, and the only reason he let go was because he knew you could keep moving forward, even if you didn't know. Maybe you feel like God has abandoned you and you don't really need him? Turn back to God so you don't get hurt. Realize you need Him in your life in order to keep going down the same road. Maybe you feel like you have fallen. Like God has abandoned you and no matter what he is not going to forgive you for your sins. Call to Him, He will always be there. No matter where you are with your spiritual lives right now, keep moving."