Bike Riding and Life

Yesterday, I was riding my electric bike and thinking about how amazing it was that a person who can barely walk fifty feet at a time can ride five miles on the trails. I feel so blessed to be able to go out riding with my husband and enjoy our beautiful scenery. I told him that it was like I was riding tandem with a giant. He smiled. 

When we got home, I thought more about my experience riding an electric bike and realized that it is like my whole life. I put in a little energy which is all I have. Even though I'm doing my best, it isn't even close to being enough to enable me to do the things and progress down the trail like I want to. 

Since our Savior knows how much we all need help, He paid for our mistakes, enabling us to have His power in our lives. With His power to help me, I can change, grow, and progress down the path to eternal life with Heavenly Father and my family. It is so wonderful!

 

What does faith have to do with learning to read?

Learning to read isn't as dangerous as a trip to the North Pole, but they both take great courage and faith. 

Yesterday, my granddaughter and I made a small book together. As a teacher, I recognized that even though she wasn't quite three, she wanted to learn how to read.  Also, because I knew her, I knew that she expected immediate perfection and could therefore, become discouraged very easily.  So, together, we made a small book using her name which she knew, only one new word "Look" with the o's made into eyes, and using drawings. 

Later, I told my husband about our experience together and told him that it was so hard just to get her to try. She "knew" she couldn't read and that was that!  I knew she could. I have had a lot of experience with reading and with her. I knew she could do it, but she did not. She had never done anything like this before. Finally, after more encouragement, she mustered her courage and tried.  What happened?  As she turned the last page, to my joy, she declared, "I can read now!"