Morning Walk

            I have been trying to get back into my morning walk routine. It was an exercise I used to do almost every day and in the past year, I have struggled to keep up the practice on a regular basis. Who knows why? Just having difficulty keeping a regular schedule. I could come up with a million reasons and excuses but it really boils down to incentive, or the lack thereof.

            It's funny that sometimes in our grieving process we stop doing the things that are so helpful for us. We allow these constructive activities to fall be the wayside and because we feel we don't have the mental energy to do them, we work against ourselves. The very things that would heal us are the things we don't do. It's a trick grief plays on us. And so, this is me, now working to put back in place what I know to be beneficial; what I know to be part of my healing process with the Lord.

            This solitary walk with the Lord is the place where I can take out the pieces of my shattered heart and lay them in front of him. He gently takes them and washes over them with his healing grace, oh so lovingly puts them back together and returns them to me. This is where I don't have to explain myself or find the words to describe how I am. He already knows. He is already waiting to spend this time with me with no secrets held back.

            This is a time where I receive gentle correction and guidance. Where God places in my heart the knowledge of his love for me and the direction he is planning for me to go. It is a time of quiet and listening and honest heartfelt conversation with my Jesus.

            My morning walk also provides me with a channel for creative thought. Most of my writing ideas come to me while out walking. Probably because my heart is open to God's prompting and really, my writing ideas truly do come from him. It is a positive beginning to my day, leaving me feeling renewed and with a sense of purpose. Before I left on my walk this morning I had no idea of what I would share with all of you in my blog today. And afterwards? Well, here it is! The thoughts that came to me out on the road.