Today (almost yesterday since it is 11:45 pm) was a long but productive day! So much is coming together in the effort to continue our ABC march to fulfilling the mission of God in the world! God has been so good today!
Getting home after 5:00pm, I immediately set out to clean some weeds out of our flower beds. It needed to be done - but a little more urgency was there since we are hosting a prayer meeting on Thursday night and the flower beds looked atrocious!
Then came something that truly is one of my favorite things to do - 30 minutes of walking / talking! I am either talking out loud - to the Lord - or about the Lord! While walking I talked myself almost all the way through a sermon I am working on for the Sunday after our revival.
For some reason - beginning in college and continuing through seminary, I found that I could do my best studying by walking and talking! I have gotten lots of stares through the years for carrying a notebook while walking around talking through my notes. As a matter of fact, I used to put my notes for a test in an outline form and then I would basically "preach" the notes to myself. I seldom forgot anything that I studied in this method.
What is so wonderful about the walking time is that the Lord really brings things to my attention during these walks. I walk and talk through problems. I walk and talk through opportunities. I walk and talk through messages. I walk and talk through my general thoughts.
If rabbits ever learn to talk - I may be in trouble! They hear all my thoughts - good and bad - weak and strong - dumb and wise!
God is so good! What a privilege He has given us to be able to communicate regularly and instantly with Him! And I get the bonus of burning a few calories!
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