Ok, Lets be honest. I am no sort of athletic. At all. I don’t like physical activity, it scares me. Hikes are beautiful in theory. Mountain top views are beautiful from afar and via photograph. But , to see me hike up a mountain, will probably never happen again. I did hike up this small mountain once, more like a hill, and I sat in cacti because i got tired and needed to sit before I headed back down. I still laugh at myself and the events that happened because of the fact that I sat in cacti. They had to get out somehow. Lets just say.. that evening was adventurous.
So, we are clear, physical activity + Me = not cool outcome.
However, I would say that I go on spiritual hikes all the time. You know, those moments where holy spirit is stirring in you and it is painful and you feel like you need to sit down and rest a while. But spiritual hikes , to me are different. See, I have found, in moments where I am weary he gives me rest. His word even says so.
Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
See. this spiritual journey we are on , often leaves us breathless and tired, and just ready to turn around and backtrack. But we don’t have to choose to sit in cacti. We don’t have to sit in the prickly mess that is the sin and junk, and bitterness in our lives. It is okay to feel weary, angry and in pain when we are walking , hiking and even fighting to get to the next season the Lord has for us. But, my friends, we must remember , that at any point that we need. Our loving father is there waiting for us to stop, and drink from the well. The living water . What are you choosing today? Cacti , that eventually you will have to pluck out, or get someone else to do so, or the Living water, the pure kind? The kind that will sustain you for the rest of your journey.
Trust me . Don’t sit in cactus. It hurts.
Be encouraged my friends
-Rachael
Accepting The Peace 