I woke up this morning in a truly tangled mess of emotions. Everything was amuck. I took my book outside to read - Day Four talks a lot about different types of walking. After a few paragraphs I gave up on the book. My state of mind had NO desire to read about leisure walking vs. speed walking..... NOT the time book. Not the time.
Not long after I woke up with the tangled mess of emotions, it was almost all lifted. Resolution came so quickly and so respectfully that it truly had to be a product of my prayers from yesterday's Christ Walk. There is no other explanation.
Wonderful news - my entire Sunday wouldn't be muddied by the mess.
Sundays are my favorites. They can be a little challenging because I have to get up and get everyone ready for church and the entire day. We need to leave by 10 to get to 11 church (9 on Sunday school days). This doesn't sound like it should be very challenging but I also have the urge to lay back and enjoy a somewhat lazy Sunday morning and make breakfast. Next thing I know, I'm usually scrambling a little. We always make it to church on time and then we get to spend the rest of the Sunday at my parents' house. These are my favorite days. They are so good for my heart.
I knew I wasn't going to be doing my Christ Walk before church and didn't really think I would want to do it at my parents' today - though I know I WILL be doing one there. I want to walk around that property and just feel joyful. But today, I knew I was going to have to tackle my walk whenever I got home.
I arrived back home around 5 and fiddled around the house. I didn't even get started on my Christ Walk until around 6:30. I read my chapter and found so much more in it than just the explanation of types of walking like I had discovered earlier this morning.
Do you know what is interesting.... I started this book on a Thursday. I have always been the Monday start-up type.... I'm going to start eating better... on Monday.... I'm going to start working out... on Monday. Well I started this book on a Thursday and the very first mention of Sundays in this book just so happened to be on a Sunday for me.
The chapter talks about how Americans have forgotten to have a day of rest. "Sundays have become the day to catch up on everything else because we are too busy being busy. This is a shame for a number of reasons. One, our bodies need rest. Two, the Lord directed us to have a day of rest. And three, when was the last time we just went out and enjoyed being out, walking with our families for the enjoyment of spending time together? Leave the housework, yard work and shopping for another day. They will be there waiting for you; your family may not."
My Christ Walks so far have definitely been more on the fitness side of walking. Pushing myself and climbing some hills and different terrain. Today was a day for leisure - the day of rest. Today was a day to have my family a part of this.
"Leisure walking is just as it sounds: walking for the pleasure of walking."
Believe it or not, tonight was probably the quickest the steps showed up on my pedometer. Yesterday, my walk felt like it took forever. Tonight, my walk lasted around an hour or so but it was so easy to get the steps.
It was so nice to have all of my boys around. It didn't turn out to be us all walking together but everyone was outside the whole time I was walking. We had a lot of family interaction back and forth to the shed, down to the dirt lake, and it was just a beautiful end to a Sunday that started in a much different place.
The spiritual growth portion probably wasn't the heaviest - but this walk was great for my soul. Just like a Sunday.
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