4 months of walking

On Jan. 28,2010 it has been 4 months since I started walking again and I haven't
slowed down yet. We walk all the time and do things we haven't done for years like hiking and we are even planning a camping trip with the grandkids and going canoeing. God is giving us ideas of ways we can serve him also and have really enjoyed being able to get more involved. We are noticing and finding joy in everything. It is funny how the little things can set grown people to giggling, smiling and bring such joy. The other day we were waiting in a rather long line at the checkout, this can be frustrating, but Mike just leaned into me and said this is nice because for a change we could stand there together leaning on each other, the little things. Parking at the very back of the parking lot and walking instead of having to park in the handicap up front, or just holding hands strolling through the store, or how about him being able to put his arm around me when we sit in church. These are things that you do and don't give it a second thought, but these are also the little things until I started walking again we couldn't do. So if you see two grown adults break out into smiles or laughs it might just be Mike and I finding joy in the little things we can do again. Appreciate and be thankful for everything you do and have because they are a gift from God.

I never asked God to heal me and make it so I can walk but that he would just use me how ever he wanted to. I was so surprised when my season of life changed again and He has me walking. I know that it is God who is making a way for me to walk because of all that is and has happened since that day. First from the moment I stepped out when God said walk and I took that first step my leg muscles were there. They were defined and my grandson was amazed at how defined my calf muscles are just like I had been walking or running all this time, God did this my muscles should have to gradually come back but they were just there. Then there is the fact that I still have Myasthenia Gravis my neuromuscular disease along with osteoarthritis and osteopenia in my back along with some other things that cause problems with the nerves so I should not be able to stand let alone walk again only by God.

In this last 4 months I have seen just how awesome God is and how it is all him that makes it possible for me to walk. The least little illness sets my autoimmune diseases off and my autoimmune system into overdrive. I have had my back go out which should have stopped me from walking but it didn't. I was slower and bent over but still up and going with God's help. Then my knee slid out of place and though very painful I could at least get it back in easier and was able to walk on it sooner because of having muscles to help this time and so I continued to walk. These are just a few of the things that have happened in the last 4 months that anyone of them should have put me down sick for weeks and still I walked on Praise The Lord!

So a last thought is this, My strength comes from the Lord who has given me back my ability to walk inspite of all the odds against me and in so doing shows his power by my being able to walk, full circle. My prayer is that I will continue to glorify him in all that I do and to always be thankful. So if you see Mike and I acting like teenagers again and laughing at the little things just know its the joy of the Lord and all he does for us.PS 27:1 1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?