Zoom on By
Here’s a fun Sunday afternoon exercise. Come zooming through Ritter Park, from the train towards the arch, at 23+ miles per hour >> on a bicycle! Keep in mind that the speed limit in Ritter Park is 20 MPH. Here’s the fun part…count how many cars pass you as if you were stopped on the side of the road fixing a flat tire. Are they in that big of a hurry to get somewhere really important? If so, perhaps they should have left sooner. Maybe they just can’t stand to be BEHIND a bike.
The speed limit as we approach Christmas is love, joy, peace and the recognition of the birth of Christ. And the realization of what His birth means in our in lives. Sometimes we can’t stand to be behind… Behind a neighbor, friend or co-worker that we hear is ‘finished’ with their shopping. Behind having the house decorated for guests. Behind in our food preparation or not selecting a turkey that’s as weighty as what others say they are planning. Behind in everything that we confuse for Christmas.
The season passes too quickly as it is. Its already moving at 23 MPH is a 20 zone. Don’t be in a rush to get around it or worse still, knock it in a ditch because you have to do something Chritmas-ie.
Steve Matthews
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