Day 74 - Almost there

Well here we are 13 miles from the Atlantic Ocean on the map. I know - I have been riding all of this in my basement but it has really meant a great deal to make this ride. I won't quit riding when I am done. I will still ride 3 or 4 times a week when I am home. But I will not be pressed to go the miles I have on this trip. Today, I rode 42 miles in 2 hours and 3 minutes for an average of 20.4 mph.In Georgia today there were still scattered thunderstorms, I think the last of the tropical storm. Those are never good days to ride. One minute you can be riding on dry pavement and the next in the middle of a downpour. It makes for a dangerous ride. I remember one of our trips for NLM we had a day just like that. You can wear rain gear and sweat inside the suit or you can not wear it and be wet from the rain. It is your choice. Either way you are going to end up wet. Today would have been one of those days. This life is made up of choices. It seems so often that the choice is between something good and something bad. Many more times, we have to make a choice between something good and something even better. It can be good to watch a little T.V. but an even better decision is to use the time to read, especially God's Word, or to pray or to call and invite someone to church. It might be a good thing to eat an ice cream cone but a better choice might be yogurt. A good choice might be to sit and veg-out but a little time of exercise might be the better choice. We can choose Jesus as our Lord and Savior and yet so many never make that choice. But after that the real choice is whether we are going to make the wise choice of serving Him yet so many choose the worst option possible for the christian - to just sit and do nothing. A choice yes, a very bad one. Every day on this trip I had to make a number of decisions. The choice to get up and ride, the choice to eat right and to drink right, the choice to not give up, the choice to write the blog. I made them to accomplish a goal. We should make the right choices in the kingdom of heaven to accomplish a goal also - to bring honor and glory to God. Talk to you tomorrow.