Motorcycles and Movie Stars

 

I am always amazed and delighted at how God does things. If anyone would have told me 6 years ago I would be involved with motorcycles and movie stars, I would have said they were crazy. But it has been a wonderful and fascinating journey! I had been praying for my husband and I to be closer and have more in common. Life can be very difficult and empty when you are serving God alone. I assumed God would move on my husband and he would begin to like some of the things I enjoyed, such as traveling and seeing the world. God is always full of surprises!!

 

One summer day back in 2005 my husband and I went for a long ride on an old Honda V65 Magna. He had purchased this bike the year before, just to see if he still liked to ride....like when he was younger.  I had gone a few times with him ...on very short rides and only on back rodes and only under 50 MPH... I was really afraid!! But on this day and with new tires we went for a nice long ride up through Aurora WV.  It's absolutely breathtaking and until that day I never understood the freedom and feeling behind motorcycle riding. It was a perfect afternoon in June - 85 degrees, blue skies and few fluffy clouds and the wind in my face...I had never felt anything like that before...I was hooked!! That day I fell head over heels, passionately in love with motorcycle riding. I couldn't get enough!! A couple weeks later we were in the local Harley shop looking at a bike we both loved...and bought ...and lived on for the next 4 years!! We still have that beautiful, teal '01 Soft Tail Deuce and in '09 bought a new red and gold Electric Glide Ultra Classic touring bike. We wanted to be able to ride longer and further and we have vacationed on it the last two years and plan on it again this summer.

 

My whole family (and some church members) were in shock and awe when this biker thing came over me!! My sister couldn't believe the change in me and the happiness she saw on my face. She also got a big kick out of this because several years earlier SHE had bought a Harley and I thought she was nuts...what did she need with that???  My grown nephews loved me in the biker gear and I noticed not only with them, but others as well, how much more open they were to talk to me about the Lord. My husband and I are a lot closer these last few years. We spend nearly all our free time riding together when the weather allows. In the winter we find ourselves browsing the clothes and accessories in the Harley shop and talking about riding and where we will go as soon as Spring appears!!

We had our first Biker Sunday 3 years ago when I approached my Pastor with the idea and he said YES.  I don't know what all God has in mind for this Motorcycle Ministry, but whatever it is, I am sure I will be surprised and delighted!!.....and oh the movie stars, that's part 2!!