Just Move

I laced up my shoes_ grabbed my iPhone_

put the ear buds in my ears_ and walked out the door.

There was a breeze blowing_ the sun was shining through the trees_ life was good_ it felt good to be back at it. Exercising….movement…moving.

Stiff at the first of it and then a little more easy, and then a jog here and there, 
and then less stiffness.

My legs were sore in places that normally weren’t sore from the previous days walk up the hills. But it felt good to know my muscles were doing what they were meant to do _ move….being used.

It hit me while on this walk so it is the same with my spiritual walk.

It can get stagnant _ when I’m not talking with the Lord regularly, when I’m not applying His word_ I even notice it with the things that I’ve been putting into myself.

Have I only listened to music that doesn’t breathe life?

Have I only watched movies of a depressing nature?

There can be no growth here, just a place of standing still

{kinda like when I stop exercising and I cease to feel good inside & out}.

But what I’ve found is I have to keep moving.

Because just as atrophy can set in if my muscles aren’t used over time so a complacent attitude or an attitude of passivity can set in spiritually.

And I want so much more than that.

I want so much more out of life than to just get by with stiff muscles.

So whether it’s a small walk out the door because that’s all you can do or a recommitment of getting back to the basics in your home.

Just move_ take a step_ don’t stay still for too long_ 

we’ve gotta keep on moving.


Linking up with Jami

Heather :)