h2odevos encores 032312 Walking to the Sun

Every morning lately I wake up and find me gone

I feel a weight on my shoulders and I think of movin' on

Looked to the sky saw a black wing gull soar for miles on a boundless wind

With no need to understand what carries him

Rising up  falling down goin' round in ageless circles

Spotlight upstaging all our wanderings

Chasing dreams and desires

They don't know their distance from the fire

That shines on everyone

Walkin' to the sun

Walking To The Sun by Peter Mayer/Mac McAnally/Vince Varvel

Every once in a while on my travels through airports, I find myself walking on a "moving walkway" which isn't moving. For some reason the path isn't moving. As I look to the side of me at people not on the walkway who seem to be getting father ahead than I am, I get impatient with my progress or speed. Of course, comparisons like that (whether they be on moving walkways or at other points of life) are not necessarily helpful.

"Rising up  falling down goin' round in ageless circles

Spotlight upstaging all our wanderings"

One of the projects which I have been working on at my place of work is entitled "Promoting Healthy Behaviors."  I'm very energized and delighted to be working with a group of people who want to help people increase their physical activity, eat nutritious foods and practice other healthy behaviors. We talk a great deal about conveying the right message to folks who are bombarded daily with all kinds of messages. I've seen estimates that most people receive about 18,000 messages per day (and I get that many from spam at just one of my e-mail addresses). But, how do we convey a message that is inviting, engaging and liberating? How do we encourage our constituents to get more active as opposed to discourage them with just one more "should" or "ought" or "got to"?

I was reading 1 John 1 when I stumbled across the following three verses. In a very wonderful way which is concise, light and quite clear, the message shines for all to see and experience:

"This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; 7but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin." ( I John 1:5-7)

I invite you to walk in the light

Walkin' to the sun

With the Son

Let it shine,

rtg