Some ideas are great…but the implementation of them falls short. That is what has happened with this great idea of 100 days of walking in the Spirit.

On the other hand, the theme of these past days (this is day 127, thanks to this little calculator), has been walking.

I’m in Germany.
I have been here since April 19th.
That was the 109th day.
I had to WALK through my fears of the TSA pat down issues to get on the plane.
At my daughter’s house, there are stairs to WALK from the main living area to my living area…12, I think.
To WALK my dog, there is an uphill path, into the woods that goes uphill. Yes, it does come back downhill to get back home. I’m not going to play the uphill both ways card…though, this little village does seem to go uphill more than down!

Shortly after arriving, I was stuck with a huge boil on my right toe…gross, nasty and painful. No medical options, and my visit here was just beginning. God said to walk out my healing by faith.
Oddly enough, this trip has been full of walking, and I am always by my daughter, FAITH! But, seriously, it’s been a walk of faith for me…since I was not permitted to travel here in December because of how unstable my ankle was…not to mention my knees and hips(sorry, I just mentioned them!)

I have WALKED up to Hohenekan Castle.
I have WALKED all around Innsbruck.
I have WALKED Garmisch.I took the cable car to the top of the highest peak in Germany.
I WALKED the lowest gorge in the Garmisch area.
I WALKED the palace Linderhoff grounds.
I have WALKED Munich.
Yesterday, I not only WALKED around Castle Altdahn, I climbed a set of ladders up into the tallest tower.
Today, I will WALK Heidelburg.

But, this morning, I walked in the woods, as I have almost every morning I’ve been here.

Ps 37:23 The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.

this is a cool verse…with promises that if you fall, you will not be cast down…but how are the steps of a good man ordered by the Lord?

Prov 3:5 – 6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

I’ve been learning to trust in the Lord…not MY understanding.  As I climbed the ladder in the Altdahn Castle, each step was a prayer to my Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus to conquer the lifelong fear of heights.  My own understanding, and that of my daughter Faith, was that I was not able to climb that ladder.  No one would have imagined I could have climbed that ladder, switched over to the second one, and then, at the top of the tower…walked to the edges and looked down!

I’m taking steps, I’m learning to walk in the Spirit, and to trust totally in the Lord…not MY understanding!  After 41 years, something should start sinking in, right?  And then, as I was praying these verses as I walked back to the house, the Lord reminded me of this verse:

Ps 100:1-3 Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

I’m learning to walk in the Spirit…and one of the things I realize was that writing a 100 days set was NOT in the works for me while I’m traveling. But, I am still learning more and more about walking!

Thanks for joining me…and keep taking steps in your walk…just one foot in front of the other!

In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi