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6 GraceRiderMag.com November/December 2015 The middle of fall often gives me the "riding blues". Most can relate. Wet roads, unexpected rainfalls, change in temperature just to mention a few, but riding is still riding. There is something unique about putting on leathers and packing a rain suit in the saddlebags. Unique untill you're in it and remember the last time you took a ride on that perfect sunny day. Although I spend most of my time in front of the computer, I get a ride in every chance I can. I use much of my riding time to escape. Thoughts, prayers, and thankfulness while riding free through God's creation in the muffled sound of my Samson pipes. Mostly…? I am thankful that God reached down one day and pulled me out of the life I was in. Thankful about my wife and loved ones. Thankful about the country I live in and the freedom I have living in this country. Thankful for our troops that are keeping us safe whom I can never re-pay for their service. Thankful to have met and know many other men of God. Thankful for the last ride I took and the next one I will take. Thankful to be in the editor's saddle again, and hearing the encouraging and supportive words from our readers. Most people like to make mental lists of the things they are not thankful for, the things they don't have, the things that go wrong but I learned to shift my thinking and focus on what God has allowed me to experience and allowed me to have and what he has called me to do. This Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday remember to be Thankful and give "thanks" to the ones due, like our military. Your "thank you for your service" comment can change their day. Christmas: makes me think of some of the images I've seen on the internet of motorcycles in the snow. For some reason, everything ties in to a motorcycle for me. But Christmas for me and for you should be much more than that. Get past the Christmas parties and dinners, past the toys and Christmas carols, past the snow and the Christmas tree and get to the meaning of Christmas. Get to where it all started: God's gift to humanity to experience REAL FREEDOM. The freedom that ranks way above riding a motorcycle or flying a plane. The REAL FREEDOM of living in God's will and knowing the Truth that sets us free. Most of us have families, loved ones and much to do around Christmas but others don't. My prayer when I'm riding is that you find the time to reach out to someone during one of the loneliest times of the year. Go visit a stranger in hospice, bring a Christmas toy or two to an orphanage (some will take used toys), have lunch with a homeless dude or gal in your city and tell them about you or let them talk about themselves. If you're a Christian, use that opportunity and every other opportunity this upcoming Holiday Season to tell them why you're reaching out…tell them about the freedom you experience when you ride and about the One that truly set you free! Burning Rubber again… Peter Kaye GraceRiderMag.com ON THE COVER Photo by: David Gallegos Owner: Todd White PUBLISHER: Wheels Of Grace EDITOR: Peter Kaye WRITERS: Stacy Kaye Dan Paulson Jen Hoyer Jeremy Templeman Peter Kaye Mike Mohn ASSISTANT EDITOR: Stacy Kaye ASSOCIATE DIGITAL EDITOR: Rob Thompson GRAPHIC DESIGN: Elizabeth Kimball ADMINISTRATION: Stacy Kaye Tammy Marshall Isabella Stowe PHOTOGRAPHY & ILLUSTRATION: David Gallegos Karen R. Sonsam Khunaspix EDITORIAL REVIEW: Dan Paulson Denver Cooley Stacy Kaye Date of Pulication: November/December 2015 EAST COAST: PO Box 270239 Tampa FL 34639 WEST COAST : PO Box 892408 Temecula CA 92589 Tel: 951.777.0503 Fax: 813.830.7337 E: info@GraceRiderMag.com www.GraceRiderMag.com www.WheelsOfGrace.com For more information on how to receive Grace Rider Magazine log on to: www.GraceRiderMag.com or www.WheelsOf Grace.com We do not make our mailing list available to other companies. Copyright 2002 – 2015 © | All Rights Reserved Printed in the USA The content in Grace Rider magazine is intended to inform today's motorcycle enthusiast. Grace Rider magazine welcomes your letters, comments, photos and articles and we handle them fairly. We cannot be responsible for unsolicited material. We reserve the right to refuse readership, advertising and distribution to anyone under our liberty of conscience protected by the First Amendment. 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