I can ride my bike with no handlebars!

[ Aside from the fact that this is slightly dangerous, there is a wonderful lesson to be learned =) ]

I recently started living my boyhood dream of riding my bike with no hands!!! It’s so amazingly fun that I feel like I'm 10 years old again.  Every time we go out now, you can usually see me and Elder Lemmon looking stylish and relaxed on our fancy red and yellow 2 wheeled friends.

It started like any normal day for us, UNTIL.... I asked Elder Lemmon if he could perform this fantastic feat.  He responded that it is super easy and all you had to do was straighten your back, keep your balance and just let go..... then continue to pedal smoothly. It sounded too good to be true.  Have I really been missing out on something like this for so long???  Apparently so. Once you take that small step of faith, and trust yourself, you would be surprised at what is possible. 

It was slightly scary at first, especially since sidewalks and roads aren’t exactly smooth all the time.  There are bumps, holes and cracks: it looks terrifying to a first time no handed rider.  But luckily I trusted the advice of my good friend Elder Lemmon, and this was something that I really wanted to do. 

Life is a lot like riding a bike.  Everyone is on a journey and we constantly are watching for the bumps and cracks, twists and turns in the path. Sometimes it can seem overwhelming or even impossible to do something that is beyond our own understanding.  We face choices and tasks that are much more complex and challenging than riding with no hands.  Sometimes we face things that are terrifying and completely unknown to us.

I am grateful for the advice and guidance of my good friends and family.  I am even more grateful for the guidance and care of a loving Heavenly Father who watches over me.  We learn this same lesson in Proverbs chapter 3: 5-6 which reads, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

I know that when we trust in the Lord that He will watch over us continually and direct our paths. Sometimes it requires us to trust him and let go first, but things will always turn out for the best in His own time and in His own way.