We learned to walk when we were young; we learn how to walk slower and with greater care as we get older.

 Like an old pair of shoes, or a well worn backpack, I will eventually have to lay this old body down. I am assured that when the time comes, I will find new provisions waiting for the journey that is sure to continue. I thank God for today’s bread, and purpose to use it for the goodness my Father intends.

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 2Cor. 4.16 “Conversations Within” ts 3/20/2025

“People ought to saunter in the mountains - not hike!” John Muir

There are times I walk with the deliberation of getting somewhere. Even so, I can still choose the way I walk. I want my journey to reflect a reverence for life, to saunter, and take life in while I am going. This way every walk can be a Sabbath walk--every step in reverence. Every walk "a la sainte terre” to the holy land.

“At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath.” Matt.12.1 “Conversations Within” ts 3/20/2025

“I’ve got a river of life flowing within me; It makes the lame to walk and the blind to see. It opens prison doors, sets the captives free. I’ve got a river of life flowing within me.” Mary A. Lathbury

 I am so grateful for God’s word and the refreshment it works in me.  When I swim in its wisdom I can feel life, health and peace coursing in me. Interacting with the Spirit of truth is like bathing in life itself. My soul is washed, my strength renewed, and I feel clean all over.  

“Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Jesus “Conversations Within” ts 3/19/2025

“Everyone does what is right in their own eyes.” Judg.21.25

I think it is also true that everyone does what they know is wrong. It takes a good measure of grace to admit this. Yet doing so, is the first step in receiving more of the grace that changes us.

“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” James 4.6 “Conversations Within” ts 3/18/2025

“If God loves us so much why does he allow tornadoes?” Landry (my granddaughter)

How can God be good and allow so much suffering? The simple answer is told to us in the stories in Genesis. God told Adam and Eve that if they loved and obeyed Him he would bless them and their children but if they did not, the world would be cursed with suffering and death. There are consequences to our choices both good and bad.

“I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.” Deut.30 “Conversations Within” ts 3/17/2025