Rollercoaster Challenge Day 18

 – A rollercoaster that no one would expect you to love

Spinning Dragons, Worlds of Fun

This is a spinning roller coaster, which means your car actually spins as you roll along the track, thus providing a different ride every single time. These are branded as junior/family roller coasters, but they are actually quite intense as you are continually plastered against your seat as a result of centripetal acceleration. Hang on as you rotate through five stories of hairpin turns and plummeting spirals. Six Flags has some nice Tony Hawk themed versions of this ride, but Spinning Dragons is the top of its class, along with its clone, which resides in the Mall of America.

Psalm 119: 141-144

Though I am lowly and despised. I do not forget your precepts. Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.

Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.

Your statues are forever right; give me understanding that I may live.

Some rollercoaster aficionados would look down their noses as this slow-moving “family” coaster. I know I also have felt lowly and despised. I asked myself, “Why don’t they listen to me? Why doesn’t the boss think I am doing a good job?” Or one might lament, “Nothing I do is good enough, or I’m not employable.” Perhaps you’ve even been fired unfairly or been bullied or taken advantage of.

We all have fallen into the trap of judging ourselves by someone else’s standards and have come out with a low opinion of ourselves. I’ve been there and felt the hurt and anger and unfairness of it all.  It is then I must make a choice. Do I go on nursing these feelings of being lonely and despised, or do I trust in God’s everlasting truth? I dare not rehash the slights and ill treatments. Instead of harboring unforgiveness, I absolutely must follow God’s precepts. His law is true. He is the Everlasting One. Look in God’s Word and see that you are His beautiful creation. He loved you so much that He sent His own Son to free you from the guilt and penalty of your sin. You are a delight to God; and through His Word, you will gain light and understanding to live.