"BICYCLES"
men you go out to the garage - or to the street and ,::~ into your automobile you find it a very simple proce:~:-e. You just open the door and sit down and wait for =- ~ car to start.
:~'s the same with an airplane. Even a horse will stand
,,:: and let you mount without much maneuvering.
But a bicycle! Of course you can lean it against a fence - - :z. tree and have little trouble getting on it. But that is ~.' ~ ~he way to do it I
Yau have to LEARN to get on to a bicycle. It is almost
_..~ trying to mount a colt that has never been ridden.
'\\hat fun for those who watch you I What bruises you
.::-: trying to master that thing! Learning to ride a bicycle.
_\ bicycle has to be moving when you get aboard, otherT ~~ :'ou are right off again, flat on your face with your .:~~~ tangled in the wheels and the saddle on top of you I ~- ~ second you are on - even before you actually get ~£ ~ed. you have to start pedaling - and then the faster .,. _ pedal the surer you are of staying on.
: - fact it is very simple to ride a bicycle when you are r~ ~g fast, and actually it is much safer - except in the c-tet or sidewalk when you might hit someone who is Tl:L'1g.
:- ou see, actually, a bicycle is of little use unless it is r- -g somewhere, unless it is active.
- Y; you stop and think about it, the bicycle has a good .c- ~ ~~ for you. God gave you hands and feet, not to be
':..~ or to be harmful in any way to others, but to be active L-': ~c have a purpose - to so live that others will find
~:-~:..!1~ss because of you and may be led into right ways
.- ~~mce.
~ ~s taught us all that kind of leadership, when, accord
r:.: -:'0 a statement by Paul:
He went about doing good." ACTS 10 :38.
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