Yesterday, God gave me a bike.

Recently I decided to pray for a bike, because I have been spending a lot of time walking. I have been spending a lot of time walking because I do not have money all the time for the TTC.

Walking is free. However, it is slow. It also can get tiresome, particularly if, like me, you are walking three miles one way to church twice a week, along with various other jaunts.

So I asked God for a bike. It's been a few weeks. I put the word out among a few friends that I was looking, but nothing turned up.

The bike had to be free, or almost so. I expected that any free bike would be a rusty old junker, which was fine. All I needed was the ability to get from Point A to Point B.

Yesterday, our handyman called.

Our handyman is a Czechoslovakian guy called Miro who works on the house sometimes. I'd last seen him a few days ago when he showed up to fix our door latch. I knew he was a Christian, and we'd had brief conversation, but that was about it.

So when Miro called, I thought he probably wanted to fix something. I wasn't prepared for what he said.

"Susanna, I have a bike. It's brand-new, one of those little folding bikes. I have another bike I use, so I don't need this one. I saw someone in Canadian Tire buying one like it, and I was going to offer him this one for free, but for some reason I hesitated and then when I went back he was gone. Could you use it?"

I was astonished. "I've been praying for a bike," I told him. "Yes, I could use it."

"Really!" he said. "I'll be there in 45 minutes."

Miro showed up 45 minutes later with a spiffy, almost brand-new Schwinn bike. He helped me adjust the seat, handed over the manual, and that was that.

I couldn't stop laughing. And I couldn't stop thanking God. How amazing he is, and how generous he is. To hear the prayer of a girl who really could use a bike, and then answer it seemingly out of nowhere in such an unexpected fashion—I'm still flabbergasted. Not to mention, it blessed Miro, who was tickled to the depths of his being at being such an answer to prayer.

And the bike rides very nicely, thanks.