Evidently if you post your weight on a blog, people want to read about it. My post this month had about 500 views; which is insane for only 2 weeks time. I have no idea what is average, but my usual views for the whole month is about that. I am glad many could connect with it, but not so sure about that number being seen by that many. :) After this blog, I will probably hit 10,000 page views! Isn't that incredible? Glory to Him <3 It is incredible that China is very close behind the DR in page views and I don't know a single person in China! Comment if you are from China reading this! Holllllla :)
Anyway, I was out jogging and talking with God this evening. I wasn't feeling well, but I felt like I should just go anyway. It seems to always lessen cramps and fatigue. And it did. As I got down the dirt road past the colmado, I just looked up to the sky and my heart smiled. Just a glorious view. The song was perfect and I couldn't help but throw a hand in the air in praise and thanks, for the joy that fills my heart. As I got out to the main road, I asked God if He would carry me a bit of the jog to the hill because I was tired. With my steps, I thanked Him for even caring that I am out there and requesting help to jog.
The Bible says in Luke 5:16 that Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer. So do I. I know being single is a huge blessing. I have wilderness time in the morning on my porch with my Bible and God. I have wilderness time late at night when I lay in bed, sometimes for hours talking with Jesus about life and guidance. I need wilderness time. The thought of not having this one on one time with Jesus sounds alarming (I cant think of a single word to describe what that would be like), like cutting off my oxygen. Like, I may die if I didn't have wilderness time. Sounds like an exaggeration, but it really isn't. So, although I have a lot of wilderness time, I love being out in nature to get some more. The Dominican is just beautiful. Incredible, really.
I breathe easier outside. Calmness takes over. I love to blare music (Christian and non) in my ears and sing to Him in my head. If I am off the main road, I usually bellow out some tunes. I often look to the sky when I am asking Him questions. I don't know why, it just feels natural.
Sometimes, I ramble.
Sometimes, I say nothing at all.
Sometimes, I just listen.
Sometimes, I call God Gwen. (Funny joke between us 5, but somehow always leaks into my prayers.)
So this is my "wilderness"...
Off the main road, the Avenida, is a side street that is paved a little, and then goes to rock down a steep hill, then the rest of the way into the woods. Luke found it on a moto-ride and I am forever grateful when Nay showed me!!
In between my repeated words of "butt and thighs, buttttt andddd thighhhhhs" to focus on those muscles :), I climb this hill a few times up and down. I spit out thousands of questions to God about what He has for me, what He wants me to do, where He wants us to go. Open doors, Lord. Give us your favor, lead our steps. Carry my legs, let me go one more time up. Carry me for the jog home.
Most of the time I talk out loud to Him. Sometimes, it is in my head.
I am grateful for this place. It is so desolate. It is perfect.
Nay and I have a route through the woods that is so peaceful that we trek on Wednesdays. We went several weeks without going into the woods because we had two recent murders in our town and we didn't feel safe being out there. This week, we went back out there feeling the okay from God to go. That trail includes many animals! We are often faced with cows, bulls, goats, horses, snakes, and mini-lakes from the rain water that makes us duck under barbwire to get around the giant mud puddles.
I had been back out on my trail alone the last 2 weeks after taking a few weeks off for safety, but I don't go down as far as I used to into the woods because I still don't feel God saying it is okay for me to be alone out there. I am fine with that as long as I can still have my hill.
Where is your wilderness? You need a wilderness. We all do.
We are made to have wilderness time. Daily. Time away from everyONE and everyTHING to spend with just Him.
Anyway, I was out jogging and talking with God this evening. I wasn't feeling well, but I felt like I should just go anyway. It seems to always lessen cramps and fatigue. And it did. As I got down the dirt road past the colmado, I just looked up to the sky and my heart smiled. Just a glorious view. The song was perfect and I couldn't help but throw a hand in the air in praise and thanks, for the joy that fills my heart. As I got out to the main road, I asked God if He would carry me a bit of the jog to the hill because I was tired. With my steps, I thanked Him for even caring that I am out there and requesting help to jog.
The Bible says in Luke 5:16 that Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer. So do I. I know being single is a huge blessing. I have wilderness time in the morning on my porch with my Bible and God. I have wilderness time late at night when I lay in bed, sometimes for hours talking with Jesus about life and guidance. I need wilderness time. The thought of not having this one on one time with Jesus sounds alarming (I cant think of a single word to describe what that would be like), like cutting off my oxygen. Like, I may die if I didn't have wilderness time. Sounds like an exaggeration, but it really isn't. So, although I have a lot of wilderness time, I love being out in nature to get some more. The Dominican is just beautiful. Incredible, really.
I breathe easier outside. Calmness takes over. I love to blare music (Christian and non) in my ears and sing to Him in my head. If I am off the main road, I usually bellow out some tunes. I often look to the sky when I am asking Him questions. I don't know why, it just feels natural.
Sometimes, I ramble.
Sometimes, I say nothing at all.
Sometimes, I just listen.
Sometimes, I call God Gwen. (Funny joke between us 5, but somehow always leaks into my prayers.)
So this is my "wilderness"...
Off the main road, the Avenida, is a side street that is paved a little, and then goes to rock down a steep hill, then the rest of the way into the woods. Luke found it on a moto-ride and I am forever grateful when Nay showed me!!
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| The top of a hill that is off the main road. |
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| Where I always take off head phones. |
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| Look at that view! God is good! |
In between my repeated words of "butt and thighs, buttttt andddd thighhhhhs" to focus on those muscles :), I climb this hill a few times up and down. I spit out thousands of questions to God about what He has for me, what He wants me to do, where He wants us to go. Open doors, Lord. Give us your favor, lead our steps. Carry my legs, let me go one more time up. Carry me for the jog home.
Most of the time I talk out loud to Him. Sometimes, it is in my head.
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| Climb up! |
I am grateful for this place. It is so desolate. It is perfect.
Nay and I have a route through the woods that is so peaceful that we trek on Wednesdays. We went several weeks without going into the woods because we had two recent murders in our town and we didn't feel safe being out there. This week, we went back out there feeling the okay from God to go. That trail includes many animals! We are often faced with cows, bulls, goats, horses, snakes, and mini-lakes from the rain water that makes us duck under barbwire to get around the giant mud puddles.
I had been back out on my trail alone the last 2 weeks after taking a few weeks off for safety, but I don't go down as far as I used to into the woods because I still don't feel God saying it is okay for me to be alone out there. I am fine with that as long as I can still have my hill.
Where is your wilderness? You need a wilderness. We all do.
We are made to have wilderness time. Daily. Time away from everyONE and everyTHING to spend with just Him.
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