January 27, 2005
Walking the Walk
Martin has been visiting for several days this week. He is helping with cleaning out my office at church and working to get a little more order into the stuff I have stored here. Today we took a walk to Fairhaven for breakfast, then followed the new boardwalk trestle along Bellingham Bay, skirted Boulevard Park and walked north on the walking trail to steps which take us up to our own Forest Street. It was a leisurely walk which provided hundreds of laudable views and glimpses of bird life along the way. Martin took a number of pictures including this on that morning. Our total route was about three miles and included some hills. I was ready for a smoothie and a little reading in my favorite recliner following the adventure.
Walking continues to be comfortable for me and Marilyn and I strive to walk at least a mile around our neighborhood each day. Walking is the appropriate pace to enjoy the new buds in neighbor's yards, check on the progress of the four houses being built in our immediate area, and to enjoy glimpses of Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the Canadian mountains above Vancouver, BC. The world is ever changing when we can slow down enough to watch it.
Posted by Donel at January 27, 2005 12:43 PM
"The world is ever changing if we can slow down enough to watch it." I feel blessed to be among those who get to slow down with you now--through this "blog" and over the past few months in your sermons at church--and just watch this world, this life, of ours. You're reminding me of the grace, love, and miracles around me. Over the past few days especially, I've been hearing this inner "shhhhhh, Sherri" (as in "shhhh, Sweetheart" rather than "shut up you dope!"). It's the calming "be still and know that I am God." It is comforting to know our God is watching with us, pointing out the grebes and the Olympics and the quiet and delightful acts of courage and love of those we pass along the way. Along for the ride (walk) (dance),
Sherri
Martin has been visiting for several days this week. He is helping with cleaning out my office at church and working to get a little more order into the stuff I have stored here. Today we took a walk to Fairhaven for breakfast, then followed the new boardwalk trestle along Bellingham Bay, skirted Boulevard Park and walked north on the walking trail to steps which take us up to our own Forest Street. It was a leisurely walk which provided hundreds of laudable views and glimpses of bird life along the way. Martin took a number of pictures including this on that morning. Our total route was about three miles and included some hills. I was ready for a smoothie and a little reading in my favorite recliner following the adventure.
Walking continues to be comfortable for me and Marilyn and I strive to walk at least a mile around our neighborhood each day. Walking is the appropriate pace to enjoy the new buds in neighbor's yards, check on the progress of the four houses being built in our immediate area, and to enjoy glimpses of Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the Canadian mountains above Vancouver, BC. The world is ever changing when we can slow down enough to watch it.
Posted by Donel at January 27, 2005 12:43 PM
"The world is ever changing if we can slow down enough to watch it." I feel blessed to be among those who get to slow down with you now--through this "blog" and over the past few months in your sermons at church--and just watch this world, this life, of ours. You're reminding me of the grace, love, and miracles around me. Over the past few days especially, I've been hearing this inner "shhhhhh, Sherri" (as in "shhhh, Sweetheart" rather than "shut up you dope!"). It's the calming "be still and know that I am God." It is comforting to know our God is watching with us, pointing out the grebes and the Olympics and the quiet and delightful acts of courage and love of those we pass along the way. Along for the ride (walk) (dance),
Sherri
Posted by: Sherri at January 30, 2005 02:26 PM