John 3:16 and bikes

There is one simple fact that men and women everywhere need to know and feel - God loves you. He loves you specifically. He is our loving Heavenly Father and we are his Children. One of my favorite scriptures is John 3:16- "God so loved the World, that He gave his Only Begotten Son..." It makes me so grateful to know that my Father loves me so much that He will do everything he can to help me grow. In today's society many people would question "Why would God; all powerful and all knowing, who loves us so much, allow hurtful or bad things to happen to us?" He loves us, He feels our pain and anguish, but he rejoices with us. Like when we first learned to ride a bike, our loving parents; who are older and wiser, put us on the bike knowing full well that we would eventually get hurt. Did they put us on a bike so that we would get hurt? No, they put us there because of the joy we would receive. Do they love us, even though they knew we would crash or fall? They have the knowledge that it would happen so they could have prevented it, correct? Our parents love us with all their hearts and hate to see us get hurt, but they know; like God knows and loves us, that they can be pick us up and put us back on that bike. God loves us enough, knowing that we would fall and hurt ourselves on this bike of life, to send us here to have joy in our life. He loves us enough that he has given us a plan of protection so that our fall can be easier. And he is always there to pick us back up. He loves us so much, he has made it possible to talk to him through prayer. When we feel alone, know that he is there to listen anytime of the day. This is my testimony. Elder Ely