Random thoughts from today's walk...

I went walking today and it only took 3 miles for me to realize how very selfish I can be. While walking, a million thoughts went through my head.

I pondered the words to the songs playing on my mp3 player and I realized that I have been stagnating...spending way too much time sitting in my room, watching movies, playing on my computer, reading, whatever... I spend a lot of time alone. Now, there is a time for that, don't get me wrong. We need to be alone sometimes. We need to get away and let God speak to us, but not all of my alone time has been spent pondering the deep things of God. Sure, some of it has, but not even a significant percentage, I must admit. And so it hit me as I walked, that life's not about me. I've heard it a million times and said it a few myself, but I think I'm starting to get it. It helps that I pondered this thought a bit the other day and wrote about it in my prayer journal (for those who don't know, that's like a blog that only God reads, usually written in a book full of blank paper with a pen...remember those?).

Anyway, one of the other things that went through my head was how the deep things of God are so simple and the complexities of the world are so shallow. People usually think to be deep, you must be complex, but there is nothing complex in the parables Jesus told...they were simple stories of observable situations with a much deeper meanings. Faith is simple. Sure, there are complexities that we go through, but those are hindrances to faith, often times brought on by the sin that so easily entangles or the sin of others in which we find ourselves victims. Regardless, they are to be thrown off and faith is to remain in all it's simplicity...the childlike belief that God is in control and that He cares about you individually.

And this concludes "random thoughts from today's walk." Tune in next time to find out what goes through Karla's brain when she walks again.