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Strength For Today
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On Thursday, July 12, 2012, Tom and I began a trip on our Goldwing 1800 motorcycle. The first day, we traveled to Portland, Maine, where I enjoyed a Lobster Roll for dinner. Luscious!
The second day, we traveled from Portland to Prince Edward Island. We stayed three nights at the beautiful Serendipity Bed-and-Breakfast.
On Sunday, July 15th, we worshiped at the United Reformed Church of PEI. Afterward, we spent the afternoon with one of the church’s elders and his family. Dr. Horrocks and his wife both teach mathematics at the University of Prince Edward Island. In addition, Mrs. (Dr.) Horrocks homeschools her children. Our families had much in common!
Later, we rode the motorcycle around the beautiful island.
Scenes from PEI:
On Monday, July 16th, we took a ferry boat over to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. We stayed at the Maven Gypsy Bed and Breakfast. On Tuesday, we enjoyed a ride on the Cabot Trail. The views were spectacular!
Scenes from the Cabot Trail:
We enjoyed dinner that night at the Lynwood Inn in Baddeck. Yes, lobster again!
On Wednesday, we began our journey home. We traveled as far as Moncton, New Brunswick, where we stayed at Magnetic Hill Bed and Breakfast and Winery. We spent Thursday night in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
As we traveled through Connecticut, it began to rain. We traveled through the rain in New York, New Jersey, and into Pennsylvania.
We crossed into PA and got as far as Allentown (less than 50 miles from home) when the Goldwing hit a slick spot, which may have been caused by water and oily roads. The Goldwing’s crash-bar scraped the ground, resulting in Tom & me being thrown from the bike. Because of the crash-bars and the fact that we were pulling a trailer, the bike remained upright. There was not much damage to bike or trailer.
However, as I mentioned, the riders were ejected. As I tumbled through the air, I fully expected to wake up in heaven. [What about you? If something like this happened to you, and you were facing death… would you know for sure that you would be in heaven? If not, please ask me about it! God’s Word tells us that we can know for sure (I John 5:13).]
It seems that this was not our time to enter heaven. Tom’s knee was scraped, but he was able to stand and walk around. I was lying in the road, and immediately knew that something was wrong with my left leg.
Bystanders came to help. Ambulances were called. We were transported to the Lehigh Valley Hospital. Tom was examined, and released. I was treated for a broken left femur, and admitted, with surgery on Saturday.
I was supposed to begin teaching a three-week summer class on Monday, July 23rd. My dean arranged for an alternate plan.
We are home now, recuperating. I am looking forward to continued healing.
In these times of great trial, God’s Word provides me with comfort and help:
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life” (Mathew 6:25-27, niv, 1984).
“If it is the Lord’s will, we will live…” (James 4:15).
“When I am afraid, I will trust in you” (Psalm 56:3).
“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up” (Proverbs 12:25).
“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).
A hymn-writer once wrote, “Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting, e’re to take, as from a Father’s hand. One by one, the days, the moments fleeting, till I reach the promised land” (Sandell-Berg, Karolina W., 1865).
Through the joys and the trials of life, we each can thank God for His Providence, loving care, and peace. We are not alone. Jesus reminds us: “Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
