Christian Motorcycle Association

RONNIE and EMILY’S RONNIE and EMILY’S

CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLISTS ASSOCIATION

Getting in the wind is a favorite momentarily began to boil at the dangerous and ignorant driving. pastime for bikers, there’s just no Fortunately, I remembered a lesson from the past, and after other experience that compares several minutes I became able to settle down and forgive that and offers such a sense of driver for his terrible driving ability. freedom. That being said, riders The lesson I’d learned in the past was simply that I can hang need to be ever-vigilant and pay onto my anger and let it control my day, or forgive the driver and a lot of attention to the traffic regain a happy disposition. After all, in so many traffic incidences, surrounding them. There is an old the guilty party isn’t even aware that you exist, yet they have saying, “You can be dead right gained control of your day, and your attitude! This applies with and still be dead wrong.” This can cages or cars, and is possibly more important, for safety reasons, simply mean that even though you to bikes. may have had the right of way in traffic, you can still end up as a In the Bible Jesus was asked, “Lord, how many times shall I traffic statistic. Even if there are no injuries, the whole day can be forgive my brother when he sins against me?” ruined by someone not paying attention to the road and causing Jesus answered, “. . . seventy-seven times.” Matthew 18:21an actual or near accident. There is also the issue of the sudden 22. To my way of thinking this means unlimited forgiveness is the anger that such foolish driving causes, as well as the feeling of goal. Jesus Himself was the example, no matter what people did fury at the carelessness of someone not paying attention on the to Him, He forgave everyone. road. What would you rather have, an angry, unforgiving disposition,

Last week I was driving a cage on a four lane road that had or a happy forgiving spirit. I know that none of us is perfect, median cut-outs for U turns. As I approached the cut out I made that’s why we need Jesus, because He was perfect. With a note of a car trying to pull into the turnaround area in order to happy, cheerful attitude you will not only feel better about others, wait for the oncoming traffic. As I got closer to the intersection you’ll feel better about yourself as well! it became evident that the errant driver had no intention of Forgiveness is the key and happiness is the joy that can stopping. As the car pulled into my lane of traffic I had to make so easily be yours. The next time you want to get angry, just an evasive maneuver, almost hitting the car on my right side. As remember Jesus’ example. the cars came to a complete stop, I have to admit that my blood In the Wind, Denny Dingler