So the other day I was looking at bikes and keeping my eyes open for a girl bike. I want to get Laura a chick beach cruiser so we can ride together. So I stumbled across a killer one, leather seat, leather handle bar grips, aqua blue with white wall tires and white accents paint. Laura and this bike together would be super HOT!! I was trying to tell her about it and the first thing she asked was, how much. I told her and she said that’s to much without letting me tell her about the bike. Once I explained that frustrated me, she said I was right and to continue explaining the bike.
First let me say, Laura is awesome with money and I suck. I’m glad I have her to balance me with that and that she’d rather give it away than waste it. She ROCKS!! BUT, I really like to take care of her and treat her like a queen, so sometimes that means spending to much money on date night or talking her into buying a dress that costs more than she’d like to spend. She’s mine and she deserves the best of me and what I have to give.
I began to think, I wonder how much God wants to bless us and we ask how much does it cost. We’ve seen such abuse with televangelist and hyper charismatic preachers that we go polar opposite. We or at least I don’t want anything from God then, because I want be selfish. Jesus said if you, being evil know how to give good gifts how much does your father in heaven want to give you good gifts. I want to ask and expect good gifts from the father.
Not in a greedy way but in a way that I can see God at work in my life. So don’t go miss quoting me or thinking I’m falling off the deep end. Let me know your thoughts:)
I always think about Matt 6:26, the one where God takes care of the birds.
By: rlh27 on June 12, 2008
at 4:03 pm
Great post!
Have Laura think about all the money you’ll be saving on gas when you guys are sportin’ around on your awesome bikes.
By: Tracy on June 12, 2008
at 4:24 pm
gosh… such a beautiful picture of how the lord desires to lavish blessings on us.
(where do you find these cool bikes?!?!? i’m officially giving up on the vespa dream for now and have been looking for a sweet bike, but haven’t had much luck!)
By: gingerswann on June 12, 2008
at 8:25 pm
ha…my wife jen and i have this conversation, about buying a cruiser bike, pretty much every week. she showed me this post. i lived on the east coast my whole life…and jen and i rode bikes together up and down first street and the beach to coffee shops and through neighborhoods every few days when we lived at the beach. it was the way of everyone’s life, and it was amazing. and we miss it more than anything. i continually look at bikes in rei and wal-mart and target wanting to buy every cruiser i see. i almost break down and buy the ‘novara flirt’ at rei and online all the time…but she ALWAYS says no. she would never let me spend it. if we ever live at the beach again, or in a cool bike-ridable neighborhood, i will have her in a super-hot cruiser for sure.
By: gregg m on November 17, 2008
at 4:21 am