Let's Take a Walk

Lepaterique, Honduras

There is an interesting dynamic between the speed at which we physically travel and the speed at which our lives move. The faster the means of travel, the faster life moves...at least that's my experience.

This vehicle is a taxi.  When I first visited Lepaterique eight years ago there were no taxis. Yes there were motorcycles like the one in the distance.  However, most people traveled on foot. Being much slower than a taxi, life slows down when we take time to walk.

Think about the things that upset us, all of which have to do with the speed of life.

• We're upset if someone drives slow in the left hand lane.
• We're upset if we have to park our car at the end of the parking lot.
• We're upset if our food takes more than five minutes to reach our table.

What's sadder than being upset about these facts is that we never ask ourselves the question why we're upset.

We need to learn to walk again.  The psalmist describes this walk in Psalm 119.

"I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways." Psalm 119:15 English Standard Version

You can't meditate on who God is when you're worried about where you're going and how quickly it takes to get there. Meditation takes place in the discomfort of time, when we think we need to be somewhere that we're not.

Meditation happens when we walk with God, when we become the disciples on the way to Emmaus. Those two disciples spend a great deal of time with Jesus as they walked. It was sacred time even if they didn't recognize Jesus.  It was sacred without the goal of getting to Emmaus on time or an hour early.

Why not slow life down a little today and take a walk with Jesus. Maybe you'll find the rest of your life slowing down as well.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.