Perfect Love

Last night was our Church community Christmas party and as always, the fellowship, love and joy that surrounds such events is just heartwarming. We all had a wonderful and happy time together!

As I was riding back home, there was a drizzle and I did not want to get too drenched in the rain, so in haste and in good spirits, I trottled my way quite agressively, purely of wanting to get home quickly. A few minutes before I got home, this cyclyst who was on the right hand side of the road felt impatient to cross the road to the left side and, despite seeing me, he stood on his pedal and peddled across the road with agression! In that split second, knwing that I was riding on a wet road and holding brakes was clearly doing to make me skid, I rode directly towards the cyclyst and we colided with quite an impact.

I was ‘swearing’ at myself, I was well aware that I was too ‘trottle’ friendly and riding like an ‘idiot’ on these wet road conditions was absolutely stupid of me.

Thankfully, the vehicles following us stopped to a halt, fellow riders stopped and came to our aid, I freed myself from shooter that was over my left leg and partly over my body, I lifted the scooter back on its wheels and pushed it towards the pavement, to clear the road. The cyclist did likewise. A fellow rider found my cellphone that had flung out of my pocket and handed it over to me. The cyclyst was rubbng his bruised arm, I looked at him to see if he was injured, he was fine, just in a little pain, no signs of broken bones or bleeding. My left leg was in pain, there was a little blood on my arms with some pain. I did not have any excruciating pain and, having understood that we were somewhat out of danger, I asked the rider what made him want to cross such a busy road without any caution. He could not understand me, the only person who remained with us realized that we had to take care of each other and with that, we parted ways and I got back home, obviously to face a lot of music!

My wounds had to be dressed, the pain on the bruised muscles was increasing, I know that despite all this, I surely was spared from anything much more serious. Wifey was not pleased, she was stressed, she was upset, she was worried, she had all the right to be so!

We sat in silence, I acknowledged to her that I was an idiot, that I should have been a lot more careful and I needed to be a lot more responsible. I kept thinking how things could have been a lot worse, I could have had broken limbs, I could have succumed to the accident, anything way more serious could have happened and we could only spend the next few moments in thanksgiving to our God for having secured my safety. We understood clearly how much we were loved, beyond measure.

This was our devotion this morning, it was so much encouragement to us that there was absolutely no reason for us to be living in fear, due to my idiotic behaviour, I was encouraged to change my ways, to learn from this positivey and be mindful of how one must behave when riding!

This morning, my wounds have dried, the pain is mild, the body is back to better working order! My son helped clean up the scooter, remove the scratch marks and buff the paint work to give it back a fresh look!

Today, we maybe living with some fear, the fear of meeting people, the fear of sickness, the fear of death, the fear of loss, the fear of an unhealthy relashipship, the fear of not finding work or a lifelong partner, whatever that fear may be bothering us, just rememeber that our God made the perfect sacrifice for us. He being perfect, took upon Himself our sins. His love for us is beyond what we understand, His love for us will never fail, He loves us, we do not have to fear anything.

I know without a doubt that because of His love for me, today I am able to share with you His goodness!