They have a lot of aliases like Scooter, Steel Pony, and Murdercycle. I even heard someone refer to the 1800cc Goldwing as a Couch-on-two-Wheels. I don’t ride one of those but I do cruise on a fuel injected, shaft driven, liquid cooled 1600cc Kawasaki Vulcan with Cobra short dragster pipes. You may not know this about me but I bleed V twin. It’s a recreation that I can’t get enough of. When I ride, I feel the pleasure of God and smell afterwards like 93 octane. I love it.
The chrome on these pipes look wet when polished. And the sound? They gargle and pop at an idle and with a twist of the throttle they ring and blast. They sound like someone took a trumpet, tuba, and saxophone and made them one instrument. I describe my Iron Horse as: the trumpet of God going down the street when Jesus returns. And I described them that way to a community service worker last week.
A few days later, that same worker says, “Hey Tim, I heard this motorcycle drive by my house and it was so loud that I immediately thought: there goes the trumpet of God!”
I thought it was so cool how God used a relationship, a conversation, and a motorcycle to plant a seed in the mind of this person to make him think about the trumpets of God. A few days go by and Tammy, one of our volunteers, shared with this same community service worker in more detail about this God who loves us and who will return someday (perfect for Easter, huh?).
Well, that conversation really pricked his heart and he opened up to me yesterday during our shift and said that he felt something change in his life while talking to Tammy and that he has talked to God everyday since then. God is awesome! He is in the business of changing hearts like yours and mine and those around us, and He often uses relationships and trumpet blasts and motorcycles and conversations and serving the needs of others to bring life into dead hearts.
More good news…
Paul, a Saturday volunteer, shared more about God and who He is with a teen guest who we’ve been serving for months now. Pray for our volunteers as they serve and witness through action and in truth.
And thank you for your support of Cups. Your prayers stirred hearts to give. God provided enough money for Cups to pay the rent and other bills.