Day 15 - The start of another good week

Well I hope each of you had a good Lord's Day yesterday. We had good services at the church I pastor. Today, obviously is a much colder day than what we have had of late but in Arizona, where we are at, is suppose to be sunny and a high of around 77 degrees. That is ideal for a bike ride, especially when the wind is coming from behind us, which it is. Today, I rode 44.7 miles in 2 hours and 21 minutes for an average of 18.9 mph. And again today I felt pretty good on the bike and feel like I am getting stronger.
I had a thought pop into my head while I was riding. I have thought a few times about the Atlantic Ocean. It is my goal to dip my foot into the waters of the Atlantic Ocean in 2 months time. If you have been following my blog you know that I am riding across our land to gain the funding for our ministry, Northern Light Ministries (NLM) to purchase a lodge in Canada that we could use to take many more kids and adults into the Canadian wilderness than what we presently can. You can learn more about NLM and we are putting pictures of the lodge on our website at northernlightministries.org. We are looking for people who will sponsor me during the ride for so much a mile with all the funds to go directly to the purchase of the lodge. Well, in thinking about the Atlantic, I also could not help thinking about the ocean of people out there who could contribute to our goal. By the way, all donations are tax deductable. Won't you please consider how you could help.
I also was thinking more about Peter. Having just walked on water, but now taking his focus off the Lord, he began to sink. But Jesus was right there to lift him up, but also to question Peter, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" Then they get into the boat. In Canada, when we have a group up there, we are constantly getting in and out of boats. Usually, when we are getting into the boat it may have three or four kids in it, fishing tackle, life preservers, gas can, bailing bucket, coats and whatever else the kids may have. In their boat there were the other 11 disciples and maybe some oars or other boating equipment. But, what must that scene looked like. It says in Matthew 14:32, "And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased." Suppose the guys slapped Peter on the back saying, "Wow, I can't believe you did that," or asking him, "What was that like," or trying to comfort him, "Jesus didn't really mean it." Based on Scripture, the guys who were in the boat, "worshiped Jesus, saying, Truly you are the Son of God." They had learned a good lesson from Peter. They had learned that they had to keep their focus on Jesus." You know the author and perfecter of their faith and ours. Peter was the only one who had walked on water, but they had all learned a lesson.