"Are you serious?  You are going to try to bicycle across the country again?  Will, you are getting too old!  And it's dangerous out there!"  The voice of my brother, Jim, was a pitch higher than normal, an indication that he was truly concerned.  After listening to him, I gave Jim all the reasons why he did not need to worry:  I would watch out for traffic;  I would not travel in dangerous weather or circumstances. 

But in my mind, I was thinking something else entirely.  I was going over the response to the first question of the Heidelberg Catechism:  I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.

Whatever happens on this trip will be in the hands of our Lord.  This summer-long journey is dedicated to Him and His providence.  And that is the way it is supposed to be.  Let the journey begin.