Small victory

For the last few months I have had to adjust my exercise routine. Before this so called "winter" i went on walks at a close by park. It has a nice walking path and it has three shelter houses on the path...this is all background and will be important later I promise. When it got cold I decided that taking a break would be a poor life choice and would make it increasingly more difficult to start up once again. So I made a playlist of line dances and did a dance regimne for 30 minutes with a warm up and warm down. Now that it has now been in the 60s, I decided to start my walks again. The last time I walked I could only make it to the second of three shelter house. As I started out I told myself that since I hadn't done this in awhile that the second shelter house would be my goal. I started out and soon it was clear that I was walking against the wind. A normal person would have been: angry, defeated or gave an excuse of some kind. However I am not normal as you already know!!! My first reaction was laughter and then prayer. I thanked for laughter and asked him to use this as a learning tool. I not only walked against the wind but I made it all the way to the last shelter...which is about three miles from my house to the end of the path and back. I was so excited to see that shelter that I nearly cried. I thanked God for getting me there and that on the way home to show me a few signs just for fun. I started out and put my iPod on shuffle and heard these lyrics: "we should get jerseys cause we make a good team!" Could not help but smile the entire way home.

Reaching that last shrelter was not only a small victory for me physically but also a good prayer life boost and lesson in facing challenges head on. Do hard things.

He is so good...just doesn't say it