LONG WALK 2011 Stories

Long, hot walk in Texas
This year I had been pre-occupied with a trip the beginning of July to visit my parents and other family members. So planning for the July 7th walk was next to none, other than I had already arranged to take the day off. But what to do, where to go was neglected. So I got a later than I'd like start and decided I'd just go to a favorite park/walking-biking trail in a nearby town. The walk mostly consisted of catching up on listening to the DAB I'd missed while visiting family and taking some time to just listen to what God might have for me from the scripture. I would have walked longer than the 1 1/2 hours but it's been so hot here that I knew I couldn't continue... So part 2 was spent inside just reviewing some old journal entries and being reminded both of things God has said and done in the past, but also hearing some specific things about where I'm at now.
on my Long Walk I had re-read some of my journal entries, sporadic as they are, and some spoke to me again ... one was I had read in Psalms about God's Word being sweet like honey and so forth -- and God reminded me of strawberries ---- When I was maybe 8 or so my grandmother was tired of just serving me the whipped cream and sponge cake part of strawberries and shortcake. So she asked me why I didn't like strawberries, and finally if I had ever even tasted them. I said no, she made me taste one -- and now, well you better grab your strawberries first 'cause I love them! So this year it was like God was reminding me of that and also saying "DAB is sort of like the appetizer and now I need to concentrate a bit more on the "entree" portion of the meal." Not sure how that will fit as I'm not a morning person, I have a long day and not sure when it will fit.

The other thing on my long walk that was like "do these guys know me? Really, God, this is more than exactly what I needed" was listening to "The Fight for Life == John 10:10. A few weeks ago I had a "meltdown" sort of day -- I just fell to pieces and my poor husband was stuck with me being so not myself. It was not like me at all and all kinds of junk just came to the surface. I don't think either of us realized just how much junk I had pushed down inside and instead of running to my Heavenly father who loves me and knows me -- I just had sort of given up on myself. Not pretty.... So when I heard this first installment of The Fight for Life -- it was sort of like getting heart surgery or something. I know there's probably going to a be a process of working through some things but this helped me see things so much more clearly...
So my "Long Walk" may not have been what I originally thought it would be, but I'm so glad I had taken the time out to participate. Going to have to find a way to do this more often :)

Millynne Brown 07/10/2011 22:52

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deborah 07/11/2011 07:37
Your story touches me too Millynne. I have learned that for me at least, the 7-7 longwalk is never what I plan or envision it to be ahead of time. I definitely had not planned to walk in the 100 degree S. Texas sun like I did. :o) Nor did I plan on having my heart exposed by the Fihht for Life either. I have found that part of what God does as we grow closer to Him is to reveal those areas of the heart that He wants heal. We hold onto so much that isn't who we really are or who we were meant to be. The Fight for Life holds great promise in revealing this.
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