I met a young pastor for coffee yesterday at The Roastery, a coffee shop/bakery here in Buena Vista, CO. I arrived a little early, sat outside (yes, OUTSIDE … it was sunny and 73 degrees!), and noticed that he was riding a bicycle down Main Street from the church. This doesn’t happen in Houston. You don’t meet for coffee and just happen to ride your bicycle. Bicycle rides have to be planned, timed, and executed with caution in a designated area in Houston. I smiled to myself. This was nice –these few perfect days still left of summer. In BV, we were enjoying the outside in surroundings that God Himself created. Breathtaking to say the least.
PASTOR CRAIG PIEFER
VALLEY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH
We had something in common, Craig and I. Not age (for I am not riding a bike much these days) . . . but passion. We both are passionate about the Church. Bonita and I visited the Valley Fellowship Church here in BV on Sunday, and that is where we met Craig Piefer. Great music, great sermon, great fellowship, and a great time of worship. That is what Craig and I also have in common–a desire to lead others to worship and to Christ.
STAINED GLASS CHURCH WINDOW
Although we had never met before Sunday, our relationship to Christ automatically gave us a relationship with each other. That is what is so wonderful about the Body of Christ, the Church . . . immediate connection to those who love and serve the Lord.
So today, as you ride down the “Main Street” of your life, remember that your relationship with the Father doesn’t have to be planned and timed to perfection. HE is there . . . ready to listen in times of need . . . anywhere and at any time. Place HIM first, and in Him all other things will fall into place. Your ride might not be less bumpy, but it will be straight.
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. (Colossians 1:16-18 NASB)
I think the lyrics to Stephen Curtis Chapman’s recording “The Great Adventure” perfectly sum it up . . . don’t you?
THE GREAT ADVENTURE
Started out this morning
In the usual way
Chasing thoughts inside my head
Of all I had to do today
Another time around the circle
Try to make it better than the last
I opened up the Bible
And I read about me
Said, I’d been a prisoner
And God’s grace had set me free
And somewhere between the pages
It hit me like a lightning bolt
I saw a big frontier in front of me
And I heard somebody say, “Let’s go”
Saddle up your horses
We’ve got a trail to blaze
Through the wild blue yonder
Of God’s amazing grace
Let’s follow our Leader
Into the glorious unknown
This is a life like no other
This is the great adventure, yeah
Come on get ready
For the ride of your life
Gonna leave long faced religion
In a cloud of dust behind
And discover all the new horizons
Just waiting to be explored
This is what we were created for, yeah
Saddle up your horses
We’ve got a trail to blaze
Through the wild blue yonder
Of God’s amazing grace
Let’s follow our Leader
Into the glorious unknown
This is a life like no other
This is the great adventure
We’ll travel over, over mountains so high
We’ll go through valleys below
Still through it all, we’ll find that
This is the greatest journey
That the human heart will ever see
The love of God will take us far
Beyond my wildest dreams, yeah
Oh, saddle up your horses
Come on, get ready to ride
Saddle up your horses
We’ve got a trail to blaze
Through the wild blue yonder
Of God’s amazing grace
Let’s follow our Leader
Into the glorious unknown
This is a life like no other
This is the great adventure
Come on, this is the great adventure
Saddle up, saddle up your horses
We’ve got a trail to blaze
Through God’s amazing grace
Songwriters
Geoff Moore; Steven Curtis Chapman
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PEACH HILL SONGS;SONGS ON THE FOREFRONT;SPARROW SONG
AERIAL SHOT OF BUENA VISTA
