Nothing Like Biker week!

This past week Heidie and I spent a few days at Ocean City Maryland. We took some days off from work to get away and relax. It was a really nice time for us. Things couldn't have been better. The weather was nice the whole time and we had some pretty good food and nice evenings spent walking on the boardwalk. The only thing that caught us unaware was the fact that this was Biker Week at Ocean City. And biker week means a lot of loud motorcycles and a whole lot of bikers! The bikers would cruise up and down Coastal Highway for hours. They started early and didn't stop until late. The bikers were everywhere you looked. The hotels and motels were full of bikers. Some rode their cycles there while others hauled their cycles in on trailers. We went to one place for breakfast so Heidie could get her pancakes. We ended up eating breakfast with a bunch of bikers. We watched them interact with each other. Some looked more like bikers than others but we noticed one thing about them. They seemed to get along with each other and were friendly towards those they hadn't met before.

I thought a lot about those bikers. I proceeded to think about how this world would be if only believers could get along like the bikers did. How many times do we hear about believers from one church not getting along with some from another church? Or worse yet, how many times do see believers within the same church not be able to fellowship with others in their own church? How sad! How can we ever expect the world to follow Jesus if we aren't one in Him? Jesus' prayer for us was that we would be one in Him even as He was one with the Father! He said that through complete unity the world would know Him. I believe that if love for Christ is our motivation for everything we do then we should be showing His love for one another. Forget our petty differences! We can change the world for Christ only when we come to a mature unity in Him. Not just in words but in action! We should ask God to help Jesus' prayer come to realization.

We left to come home today. The night before I asked the clerk on duty at our hotel when the bikers were leaving. I loved his response to the question. He said "Not soon enough"! We are home now and looking forward to a nice quiet night and not hearing any motorcycles! Sometimes it is good to come home!