Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Our reading titled, Helping as God Helps Us, was written by Patricia Rabon.

Olli Caso of Copenhagen loved bicycling.

One morning, when he saw an elderly man sitting alone with his walker in a park,

Oli felt inspired by a simple idea.

Why not offer elderly people the joy and freedom of a bike ride?

So, one sunny day, he stopped at a nursing home with a rented tri-shaw, a three-wheeled bike,

and offered a ride to anyone there.

He was delighted when a staff member and an elderly resident became the first riders of cycling without age.

Now, more than 20 years later, Oli's dream to help those who miss cycling has blessed some 575,000 elderly people with 2.5 million rides.

Where?

To see a friend, enjoy an ice cream cone, and feel the wind in their hair.

Participants say they sleep better, eat better, and feel the wind in their hair. Participants say they sleep better,

eat better, and feel less lonely. Such a gift brings to life God's beautiful words to his people in Isaiah 58, verses 10 through 11. Help those in trouble, he told them. Then your light will shine out from the darkness,

and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon. God promised, the Lord will guide you

continually, giving you water when you are dry and restoring your strength. You will be like a well-watered garden, like an ever-flowing

spring. God told his people, some of you will rebuild the deserted ruins of your cities. What might

he do through us? As he helps us, may we always be ready to help others.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from Isaiah chapter 58, verses 6 through 12.

Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter, when you see the naked to clothe them and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood

then your light will break forth like the dawn and your healing will quickly appear then your

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