Walking with God

Is always better than without Him. My 20.5 mile walk began on The Camino and pretty much stayed on The Way for the entire day in stark contrast to my previous 20 mile day which ended after 14.5 miles. The few times there were questions about the direction meant by the arrow another pilgrim would be close by to discuss. Or on one occasion taking from my previous inability to read the arrow correctly made the wrong decision but quickly turned around and corrected it. This time the arrow pointing left meant left not straight. With God anything is possible.

Today was a day I had imagined the Camino would be like. Walking through the country, small towns, forests, vineyards, olive groves with sheep, goats, donkeys, cats and dogs. It was beautiful! 20.5 miles is a grind, especially on a national holiday. Portugal celebrates it’s Day of Liberty on April 25th so practically everything was closed. My chair came in handy yet again! I finally stopped at an albergue for a quick break and recharge with some espresso about an hour and half from Alvaiázere.

I also started listening to Walking with God by Jeff Cavens and Tim Gray. They do an excellent job of bringing scripture alive in relation to the time period events occurred. Mixing in historical events of the world with bible passages. Listening helped me get past the exhaustion and allowed me to focus on relating scripture to history.

Today’s tip for those joining in a couple weeks: trekking poles help tremendously when used correctly. See the you tube video below.

https://youtu.be/lFZ6JGb5N3U?si=ZpE9v-G_YVcjlgjWBaca selengkapnya