A few Sundays ago we went on a hike. I thought I was going to keel over, literally. We've been working on getting in shape for this since we arrived here 4 1/2 months ago. Little did I know I didn't work out nearly enough. We were climing the face of a mountain. No path in front of us. But that's kinda like our walk with God. He has a plan that we can't see we've just got to trust. So we get to going. Johnny, Alfred, Anica, and I are tagging in the back (I'm super slow and not a very skilled walker). I was ready to quit before we'd even gotten into it really. I thought these people are nuts I'll never make it up this. HA! I did it y'all. I climbed up and it was so rewarding. The view from up there is breath taking. The beauty of this country has yet to cease to amaze me. I sat there staring at the view just thanking God for all the things we are fortunite to have in life and to be able to see while I'm here. I also spent time praying for the people here. They are in a serious drought. The water level was lower then any of the South Africans with us had every seen there. Everyone and everything is in serious need of rain; buckets and buckets of rain. Going up this mountain made me think of walking with Jesus. We have to take the path we think God wants for us. We might let us go out of the way but brings us back to Him in the end. As we headed up this mountain we just had to follow each other and hope to make it to the tip in a reasonable amount of time. We stopped and looked, to breathe, to just rest. But one thing we can never do with God is stop. We have to press on. He'll lead us in the direction he wants us to go. We just have to trust with everything in us that He's leading us in the right direction. We might stumble but he'll pick us right back up. As we look back on our stumbles we can laugh at them because God had it under control the entire time. He loves us no matter how much we fail Him.
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AuthorJessica Hedge Archives
February 2016
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