Today, I fell on my bike. Again. This is a pretty normal thing for me. I am used to it. But I am not used to falling like I did today. Today, I fell differently. First because I am still in Lubbock and I have never fallen here and secondly because I fell H-A-R-D. Hard enough that I have to get stitches in the morning. Luckily, they will be hospital free and financially free stitches because a friend from high school is going to come over and stitch me up (thank you Sarah).I promise there is a spiritual application in here…keep reading.You must be thinking that I am a clutz. Well, I basically am, but today I fell because of lack of the right equipment. You know those silly looking, tight-fitting biking shorts? I have never bought any because I thought I didn’t need them. I already look goofy enough. Those shorts are great for all sorts of things I am sure (keeping dry, soaking up sweat, keeping cool, etc) but today I needed them just because they are TIGHT.See, when I go biking I just wear whatever mesh basketball style shorts I have laying around. You know, the ones that are pretty baggy? BIG MISTAKE. As my dad and I wrapped up our 12 mile bike ride, I clipped out of my pedals and began to make my graceful dismount. Then the baggy-ness ran its evil course. My shorts caught on the back of the seat and I went over the handle bars into the pavement while still partially clipped in.It HURT. Bad. And stitches. ooooohhhhhhhh…(how do you type out the sounds of pain?) Oh, and I also broke some of those little bitty bones in my right hand.But I have been thinking as my knee bleeds how important it is to have the right equipment. I mean, I normally would have had to pay for a trip the emergency room when I could have just bought a $30 pair of silly looking tight shorts.Likewise, as Christians, we need to be well equipped. God has given us all the equipment and resources that we will ever need but often we don’t equip ourselves. Then something catastrophic happens and we end up mortally wounded when all we needed to do was spend a few minutes equipping ourselves.Maybe you are thinking, “I want to equip myself Zak but I just don’t know how.” That’s ok! That’s what God has people like me and Cole around for. Our job is to equip you. This is one of our core values at TCC, to fix you up with the right equipment that you need for life.We are starting a new series this Sunday that is really going to get us all ready for Easter. It’s called “Everyone.” Trust me, falling hurts. Equip yourself. Show up this Sunday, ready to gear up with the right equipment!