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We bikers like to talk about POWER, powerful engines, powering through the curves, powering away from the cars.  We like to increase the power of our bikes by installing custom exhaust pipes, and adjusting the carbs or fuel injections computers. Power makes us feel great, when we are in control.  There is another kind of power, where we are not in control, like the power of a roller coaster.  Big motors crank the train up the hill, and release it in a controlled fall back to the origin.  All we can do on a roller coaster is hang on, and pray the workmen who maintain it have been doing a good job.  God’s power on earth, called the Holy Spirit, is a lot like a roller coaster.  He kicks in to pull us up the hills, as we wait patiently.  He lets us coast down, seemingly out of control, but yet always still in control.  The ride has lots of ups and down, but the Holy Spirit is always there to make sure we don’t stray too far off the track. I may not always be in control, but I am glad the one who designed this roller coster we call LIFE, knows what He is doing. 

Thomas Zimmer