Walking

 Where do you walk?

 One of the things that we

have to do many times

in our lives is to walk, if we

are able.

It is perhaps something that

we take for granted and

rarely appreciate the actual

ability to walk. 

Then sometimes, as we walk

we do not appreciate the

surroundings, or the journey.

Sometimes we walk with purpose,

sometimes we do not;

most of the time though

we have an

intended destination.

How far that destination

is can very often be

the deciding factor as to 

whether we choose to walk 

or take the car, bus, train or taxi. 

We also walk for pleasure just 

to enjoy the walk, the sunshine, 

the beauty of nature and 

also the company of others 

who join us.

Christianity is a walk; 

it is a continuous walk, 

one that we at times are 

aware of and at others not. 

We at times on this walk 

look around and do not 

know which way to 

continue on our way. 

Sometimes though, through 

this walk, our legs feel 

heavy and our steps are 

slow. We struggle up what 

seems like many steep inclines and 

rarely does the path seem easy for us. 

On this walk we sometimes 

pay no attention to where 

we are going and so 

occasionally we have to 

retrace our steps. 

But sometimes some can 

deliberately turn back or go the wrong 

way on this walk with God, and 

it may take some time for them 

to turn back again. 

What we have to realise on 

this walk that it is with God, 

and he is always with us on this 

journey though our lives. 

He will never leave us alone, 

though at times we seem to 

search for him but not find him; 

this generally is because he 

is calling us back to the right 

path we should be on. 

Let us then always seek 

to continue this walk with him, 

enjoying and appreciating what 

we see, what we find, and 

what we experience along the way.