Wyatt's Wheels

Wyatt, beaming about his new bike!

(Walker, falling down in the background)

Wes and I decided that we were going to get a bike for Wyatt.

He had never had one before.

When the time came, we knew we would get one from our friend's shop back in Florence. However, because they are excellent quality bikes we knew we'd have to budget in order to make it work. They also have a great philosophy on their products where when your child outgrows his/her bike from their shop you can trade it in and it go towards the cost of the bigger one.

We went into Bicycle World the last time we were in Florence and found the one for Wyatt. We had conversations with Wyatt about this bike. Prior to this, he had not expressed interest in learning how to ride a bike. We told him we felt it was time for him to have a bike. Wes gave him a vision for using his money that he has been saving towards this bike. He got really excited about that and began to do extra chores in order to earn the extra money he needed.

Our friend, Scott called us a few weeks later and shared that a bike (the same size we had been looking at) had been traded in and he was offering it to us as a lower price. Wyatt had been doing chores beyond his normal ones in order to work towards the cost of this bike. He already had most of the money to go towards it.

So upon Wyatt earning enough to equal half of the cost of the bike, Wes phoned Scott to talk about details on how to get the bike from Florence to Charlotte. Wes also asked Scott if he could just pay over the phone for the bike and Scott's answer was shocking.

"No," Scott said. "You can't pay over the phone."

Wes was curious but Scott followed it up with telling Wes that the staff at Bicycle World and Naturally Outdoors had put the bike in a very visible place for the staff and beside it, they placed a jar that read "Wyatt's Wheels".

Over the same weeks that Wyatt had been working to save his money, their kind staff ended up paying for the bike in whole!

What a huge gift!

We loved sharing the story with Wyatt and the example of grace that they have become for us.

An unearned gift.

For no reason at all.

Just grace.

Thank you Bicycle World and Naturally Outdoors for this indescribable gift.

We are extremely thankful.

Wyatt LOVES his new bike and has thoroughly enjoyed learning how to ride it.

(He has picked it up quickly and is doing great!)

"From the fullness of His grace, we have received one blessing after another."

John 1:16

"All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God."

2 Corinthians 4:15