faith like a child: walks with kai & honey

i have always enjoyed getting outside and exercising. ESPECIALLY when it's favorable outside (which to me, is sunshine and a temperature above 50!).

there have been several days over the last few years when work was stressful and hard, and i would watch the clock, anxious to drive home, climb into comfy sweats, hook Honey to her leash and head outside not just to exercise, but to {breathe}.

i think back to last year about this time, when Kai was growing in my tummy. i was beginning to get uncomfortable and walking was my saving grace. i felt SO much better getting up and around and taking in fresh spring air. it woke me up and gave me lots of time to pray and talk to my baby boy (and Honey, of course).

now i walk (instead of waddle, ha!) the same routes but with baby on my back, instead of front. i often wonder if i was doing the same route one year ago today, wondering what my baby would be like...

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i have always used Honey as accountability to get outside and exercise. she is a high energy dog, and her breed tends to put on the pounds if they don't get proper exercise. we used to tear up 6-7 mile runs 4 mornings a week.

then i got pregnant and we {both} got fat.

i can't imagine what we'd look like if we didn't walk like we did throughout my pregnancy...

but now, i have not only Honey as motivation to get outdoors and exercise, i have Kai.

i LOVE to explore with Kai. i show him leaves, tress, birds and LOVE that i live in a neighborhood that boasts nearby pastures full of llamas, ostrich, chickens, horses, goats and cows.

i often wonder what goes through his mind as we head out of the house that has, for seven months, been his whole world.

is he scared? confused? excited?

as we march up sunny sidewalks, over grassy fields, across rocky trails and along running streams he smiles, babbles, kicks and relaxes.

he feels safe, there on my back, ever trusting that i will not lead him into harms way.

our house is out of sight. the smells are not familiar and it can be a bit bumpy....

but Kai knows he is safe and sound on Mommy's back, or in the familiar confines of the jogger. he trusts that while i may lead him down unfamiliar roads and introduce him to new sights and sounds that i will always lead him home.

this is how Jesus has called us to be. 

ever-trusting. 

content in the unknown. 

resting in the sometimes unfamiliar, sometimes uncomfortable, 

with faith like a child.

(Matthew 18:2-4)

so look up. take courage. home is closer than you think.