It is a long, long way from Faith to Trust in the Lord. Some
people spend their whole life's journey and never get there, while
others seem to make it in a very short time. There is a story of a man
laden with troubles. As he walks a canyon ledge deep in thought, he
tries to figure out how to solve them. As he gazes over the canyon
below, he begins kicking small stones over the ledge and watches them as
they fall for what seems like a thousand feet. He continues to watch as
one by one, they crash onto the canyon floor. Consumed with his
troubles, he kicks another stone, but this time he loses his balance and
falls. He tries to grab the ledge where he stood, but his hands are
unable to take hold of anything that can save him. Directly below him,
is a small branch growing out of the canyon wall. He falls on it and he
manages to get a firm grip just in the nick of time. But now he is
hanging by his hands over the rocky canyon floor. He has no idea how
long the small branch will support him or how long he can hang on. He
looks at the canyon ledge where he once stood and sees it is about
fifteen feet above him and that the face is smooth rock. He is in a
remote place in the wilderness and he knows there is no chance of
someone coming by or hearing his cries for help. He knows he cannot
climb up and he knows if he lets go, he will fall to his death. As he
hangs there he cries out for the Lord to come and save him. The heavens
seem to be silent for what seems an eternity, as he contemplates what
will happen if he lets go or loses his grip. Over and over he cries out,
"Lord, help me please, please, help me!" Then he hears a voice. It's
not a loud voice. What he hears doesn't come with thunder and lighting,
nor does it come as an earthquake. But instead, it comes as a small,
familiar voice, almost as if it were from inside him. It is filled with
love, peace and comfort. Amidst all his problems, his focus changes to
the engulfing love he now feels inside. The voice says, "Do you believe
in the Lord?" "Oh yes!" came his reply. "You know I believe, Lord!" "Do
you believe that I am the Lord?" "Oh yes Lord! I can tell by the feeling
within me, that it is you, Lord!" "Do you believe that I can save you?"
came the voice for a third time. "Oh yes!" came his reply! "You know I
believe you can save me!" Then the voice came again and said, "Then let
go of the branch." In each of our lives comes that moment where we find
that merely having faith in the Lord is no longer enough. But moving
from hanging on--or believing, to being able to let go of the branch--or
trusting, requires a willingness to take the Lord at His word. As you
seek Him, He will bring you to that point, where you are more willing to
let go of the branch than you are to keep hanging on. It begins as a
step by step, personalized journey with Him that is called, From Faith
to Trust. This book is a collection of true motorcycle adventures where
the author, a retired officer, a High Priest and Police Chaplain,
travels through Mexico, Guatemala, British Honduras-Belize, the Yucatan
Peninsula, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Coast Highway, the Baja, and
the 2010 Hoka Hey, from Key West, Florida, to North Pole, and Homer,
Alaska. Through his life experiences, his police career and each of
these motorcycle adventures, he is led closer and closer to his best
Friend, the Lord. He now shares the motorcycle stories and the seventy
secrets he learned as he rode and slept out, the thousands of miles he
traveled. All together, they answer the question, What Would You Give to
Never be Afraid Again.