A few months ago, Mike and I were blessed with some free babysitting, and since it was a gorgeous day,  we decided to spend the day away on a romantic bike ride getaway!!  We bought a used bike rack online and strapped our bikes to the back of the car.  We were beyond excited!!  About a mile into our journey, right before heading into a curvy country road, something on the rack broke off (no wonder it was on sale used!) and both of our bikes went flying off behind us!!!  I looked back to see sparks glittering in the air and our bikes doing somersaults on the pavement.   A giant herd of dairy cows came running over from the pasture to see what the show was all about!  They watched us the entire time…and it soon felt as if they were silently cheering us on!  Mike quickly pulled the car over, (thank goodness no other cars were behind us) and got our bikes off the road.  Amazingly, they were pretty scratched up, but still in their original shapes.  I expected to be collecting bike body parts all over the road…but that wasn’t the case.  Needless to say, we did not bike that day. We did, however, find other fun things to do and it turned into a wonderful day!

You know, it’s crazy, but what I remember most vividly about our day was not all the other fun things we did, but that ridiculous bike incident…and the cows that came running!  In thinking about it today, I came up with a life lesson for myself….”when life throws you flying bicycles, notice that you have cheering cows on your side!”  Or…in better words, when bad things happen and you watch your dreams begin to fade…remember that God can turn your situation around for good, and cause people to cheer you on along the way!  And if the people don’t cheer, I know some very friendly cows who will! 🙂