Page 10 of True Stories of the Members of the
Seed Of Abraham Motorcycle Club
Updated 11/21/00, lots more to come!

Tom DeLoriea's

Testimony

Raised in church as a kid, I grew up knowing right from wrong. That didn’t stop me from doing whatever I wanted and having fun. You can get away with that when you are a kid but as an adult life has a way of giving back to you what you give out. The old “reap what you sow” You may know that phase or the Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you’d have them do to you”. I thought I was actually doing them pretty well. But was I? 

I got married young and before I knew it I had three kids. I had a great job, nice house and a great family but I left them. Was it too much responsibility/stress? I knew I wasn’t happy and blamed my soon to be ex-wife for it. I chose to be a biker and join this club. What a joke I was playing on myself and those that got to know me in the club saw right through me. I was hiding from who I truly was, while claiming to be a Christian.  

There are real Christians out there. Riding motorcycles with the passion and fever of a true biker. Wearing colors to signify to those riding along with them that they are different and want people to know that they are for real. Unfortunately I wasn’t one of them. I wasn’t phony but I wasn’t being real either. No depth, no substance, nothing that really separated me from any other person that rode a motorcycle.  I wore the patch to try and fit in with a group of guys that I admired.

Like all false things, it didn’t last. Truth has a way of standing under any weight, while lies, even small ones, have a way of toppling your life into a shambles. I left the club sold my Harley and started racing motorcycles. That was a dream I had always had as a kid. Now being a 40 year old kid I figured I would satisfy that dream. I did it and I did well at it even placing 2^nd in Daytona in 2003 during a CCS National event. I also won races while racing at Loudon, NH during club events.

But something happens after attaining goals. Either fulfillment or emptiness is there waiting. I remembered a bible quote that I learned a long, long time ago and it said;

“Better to have a handful of peace than two with toil and a chase after the wind”

Boy had I been chasing the wind my whole life. I was always running to the next thing to find something in my life that made me happy. As soon as I attained it, it would vanish. Like trying to grab and hold onto the wind. That scripture can be paraphrased into today’s language as;

“Better to find real peace in your life than to fill it with your job or the pursuit of happiness”

So now I find myself questioning my life and my pursuit of happiness. Was it all in vain? I think it was a great tragedy looking back. Where can I find peace now? I’m starting by doing what I learned in Sunday school as a kid. I’m seeking peace from God. I’m making tough choices to do right things. I sometimes fail and need to ask people for forgiveness. I’m not discouraged. The good news is, I have already met goals set in the pursuit of peace and it has been very fulfilling.

You can email me at ducatirdr@hotmail.com

Tom

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