Last summer Alivia didn't have any desire to learn how to ride her bike. Many experienced bike riders in our family would spend time trying to teach her how to push her feet down onto the pedals to make the bike move. We would even try to do it for her. She would give it a go for a good second then out of frustration she would run off to go color with chalk or ride her scooter, a much easier task for a three year old. The summer came and went and my daughter still didn't know how to ride a bike. I reminded myself that this did not have any reflection on me being a mom, and that I needed to focused on the desires of my daughters heart instead, so didn't push it.
Fast forward to a month ago when my daughter jumped on a bike and started riding as if she had been riding for years. Yay!!! I am a good mom! Although, I had nothing to do with this new found technique my pride was overflowing!!
Being a new rider she doesn't quite know the "rules of the road" yet. She rode on the left side of the path and all over for that matter and she wasn't watching where she was going. The bike veered off into the grass at one point and she fell off, taking me with her! She tried to pass a walker on his left and almost took him out while asking for his name. And she wanted a couple to stop running so she could pet their dog! The biggest problems she had was looking at her feet instead of looking up to see where she was going, this is when things got bad! She was all over the path, she fell off, and she ran into me multiple times jabbing her handle into my thigh! I kept telling her to keep her head up! It doesn't matter what your feet are doing, it matters where you are going.
Then God spoke. I stopped and took a deep breath, I watched my beautiful family making some lifetime memories with each other. I took a mental picture and he said quietly, "This is what I want you to do, keep your head up Audra." I was reminded that many times I am caught looking down so to speak, or looking back at my past. I think about how I could've done something different or wish I wouldn't have done that and that is when I begin to stumble or fall, and sometimes taking others down with me. I focus on where I came from or the past mistakes I've made instead of looking forward. I don't see the person God has made me into today and the person he desires for me to be tomorrow. The past is behind us and there is no need to look back, we need to learn from our past and keep our heads up focused on greater things!
So give yourself a break and wipe that slate clean,just as Jesus did for us, and push on toward what God has in store for you today! Head up!
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