Day 27 - End of week 4

Well, the end of week 4 and the legs are staying strong. Had another good day of riding today riding 41.1 miles in 2 hours and 10 minutes for an average of 18.9 mph. That gave me a 245.4 mile week and a totao of 974.3 miles for the whole trip. Monday I will go over a 1000 miles and be into Texas. It was a cloudy day, but got up to the low to mid 80's here in southern New Mexico. This week I did a lot of reading from a biography of Abraham Lincoln. He was an amazing man. It is very easy to read when you are riding a bike that is on a trainer.
With yesterday being Good Friday and tomorrow the day we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and today being the end of 4 weeks of riding a bicycle and reading a book about a man like Abraham Lincoln, I thought much today about the word "commitment." Thinking about Honest Abe, he was so commited to the the unity of the union and was willing to give anything necessary to see that happen. And it cost a great deal. When I think about the Lord, I think about how much He demonstrated His commitment to His Father, his duty, and to the people in our world and especially to those who would put their trust in Him for their salvation. The word commitment really hit me this week. I have to admit, there were a couple of days when I did not want to get up and climb up on that bike. I had body parts that hurt, was feeling a bit weary a couple of those days, and I could have very easily just not gotten on the bike. But I did get up; I did eat a good breakfast and I did get up on that bike. A person can walk any where by just taking one step at a time. That is the best way to accomplish any task worth doing. A fortune can be amassed by saving a little at a time. Many huge projects are finished one minute or one hour at a time. Many small steps lead to a mile. Then they add up to many miles. It takes commitment and I am learning that doing this trip across our land.
Imagine being Jesus, knowing exactly why you had been sent to earth. You know exactly what was going to happen all the way up to how you were going to die. Yet Jesus was totally commited to the task. Nothing and no one, even Satan could keep Him from doing what He had come to do. He was a man commited to His Father, His task, and to those He loved. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." And He was commited to it. Thanks Lord for Friday, but thanks even more for Sunday. For He is the first fruits for all to come who put their faith in Him as Lord and Savior. Have a great Lord's Day and a great Easter. Talk to you on Monday.