A Kruiser enKouragement
( February 19, 2007 )

A good excuse for not walking: Too Cold and Too Sick

Excuse buster: Walking can add several years to your life!
 

Here we are, nineteen days into February, and I have added a few more excuses to my reasons-for-not-walking list: too cold, too sick, way too windy, way too tired.  February has been so bad that even the cats deserted me. Not one cat has wanted to accompany me on the walking trail, even with the promise of a free ride.  Problem is, with all these excuses, the excuse-buster rule was not activated. So I have ended up with a lot of no-walking days.

Right in the middle of this slump, I stumbled across an article that said “vigorous walking for half an hour five times per week could add three years to life expectancy.” 

That reminds me of some verses in Matthew 6. 

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?”

There you have it. Worrying doesn’t add anything to your life.

But walking does.

Hmmm.  I wonder if any of the cats want a ride?

Father, help me to see the importance of having an intimate and full relationship with you. Help me to guard the time I need to take care of my heart, both physically and spiritually. 

Diane

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