"When I invited JC on my bicycle built for two, I assumed he'd pedal. Instead, he's deadweight. He's slowing me down. I wonder why I ever let him on in the first place. Finally, I turn and say, 'How come you never pedal?' With a wink and a smile he replies, 'I thought you'd never ask.' And so life is better. Easier. Pedaling with JC, I get where I'm going faster than ever. Still, my carefully chosen destinations are never as good as I imagined. Suddenly, I realize that he's been whispering directions to me the whole time. When I take his advice, we wind up on short cuts and smooth blacktop, and all roads seem to go downhill. Then, when I get tired of pedaling, I put my feet up on the handlebars and it turns out that I've been slowing him down! He never gets tired. Nothing, I decide, could be better than tandem biking with JC as co-pilot. But, I'm wrong. The real fun begins when I stop the bike and ask JC to take the front seat - handlebars and all. Since then, I've never looked back. And my oh my, the places he takes me. The sights I see. The scenic routes. The side roads. The bumpy trails. The dizzying mountain tops. The green valleys. All places I would have missed. Oh, I still have my own handlebars and sometimes I hang on for dear life. But, on a tandem bike those back handlebars can't steer at all. So I go where JC goes. And I wouldn't have it any other way."

“You will show the path of life: In Your presence is fullness of joy: At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11 NKJV

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