This is the Way...

I've been getting ready to leave on a trip that promises to include lots of fun things

in preparation for Marie's wedding which we are helping her to prepare for.

This morning, 'wedding planner and loose end' jitters/anxiety filled me

and I found myself struggling to know how to pull all these pesky loose ends

together and keep my sanity intact!

Then I sat down to have my time with the Lord before I started anything else.

I have learned the importance of this, if at all possible, or to get things

started to where I can sit down and focus on the Lord and hearing from him.

Then it started pulling together. I remembered that last night,

as I pondered the day ahead and the many loose ends I'd need to

be responsible for wrapping up so we can leave early in tomorrow AM,

I had a 'plan' to have my time with God, and felt somehow it was

also important to get up early enough to exericise beforet the

day's activities were tackled.

So this morning, tho I didn't feel like it, I made myself go

get on the treadmill and walk.

I found a wonderful sermon on salvation by

Angus Buchan and walked almost 2 miles.

And you know what? Anxiety gone.

I got to thinking...

You know how very important it is to obey

that still, small voice of the Lord!

I could have made up all kinds of excuses 

why I don't have time/don't feel like exercising

but God knows and I was renewed in the fact

that exercise is good for killing anxious feelings.

I encourage us all to practice being still so that we can

hear the Lord speaking to us and then OBEY,

even tho it may seem odd or silly.

He has His reasons and they make sense to Him and

will often make sense to us after we walk through

obedience.

Love and blessings,

Marcia

PS

Get walking! It really honestly does a body good!