Just got back from another long walk. I've only been at this training for a short time but so far I'm sticking to it for one simple reason - I don't want to keel over from exhaustion on the trail! I'm planning a backpacking trip to England this spring along the rugged south coast and I need to be prepared. By the end of March I aim to be able to walk 24 km carrying a twenty pound pack in a day. I'll know I can do that when I can walk from my apartment downtown to the Perimeter highway and back!
For the most part my mind just wandered as I walked but on the way back I started praying. I find that physical activity whilst I talk to God is a good combination for me. I've been flipping through a book of mine lately called "Don't Waste Your Life", by John Piper. His thesis is this: "You have one life. That's all. You were made for God. Don't waste it." He talks about how God created us for His glory, to spend our lives knowing and enjoying Him and displaying His glory to others. And he laments how so many Christians live as though being entertained and comfortable is the greatest goal of life.
This idea of there being more to life has been with me for many years and I find myself wanting more. Not more experiences or more stuff or more money. More God. I want my life to mean more. To have greater purpose. To have higher standards and deeper desires, broader dreams and greater joy. God has already revealed Himself to me to be more than I have imagined. That's the path He's put me on and I'm eager to go further down it. This trip to England is not an "Eat, Pray, Love" experiement. I don't need to find myself; I already know who I am. More importantly I know whose I am. What I want to know is more of this God to whom I belong and how I can better serve Him. I fervently do not want to stand before Him when I die and know that I wasted my life. This trip is but an extension of this learning curve that began long ago. It is a particular expression of God's will for my life. And I can't wait!
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