pedaling

hi, friends! i am getting back on the bike today (see last post). i've missed this so much...mostly because i haven't been in the Word as much the last few months.

i am a bread-lover. in fact...toast sounds good right now. be right back....

so imagine me in my closet (oh ha...i have a little sitting/praying spot in here. i promise i'm not hiding from the kids. lol they're not even up yet!)...with my ipad and my wheat toast with butter and jelly...thinking of you. and so....bread is often the food symbolic of general body-nourishment. and this tastes good. (are you hungry?) yeah, i awoke with a slightly upset digestive system and just a little something helps so much. the toast and my white grape juice. sounds like communion. and well...

i need this. i need this bread and juice right now. and i need His Word. not just to add those extra carbs (like the side of crackers with soup or the appetizer roll at a restaurant) but to nourish.

so thank you so much for your patience with me.

i left off in the old testament and will pick up with first kings. i hope to complete the old testament this year by the end of december and blog through the new testament in 2014 (a definite re-plan as i have gone back to 2012 and those first few posts as we started this bike ride. i'm learning what the commitment to this looks like and have prayed about 2014...and this is my hope-plan to pedal through.)

thank you soooooo much for reading and sharing in this extended journey with me. it's become about getting back up when i've fallen off the bike and learning balance and endurance and adjusting to the ride and...just pedaling. (let's do this!)

(note to my friend, denise/a consistent encouragement to me those first several months of blogging!: as i just finished writing this, i thought of you and your new and wonderful passion for biking and made the connection. thank you for encouraging and inspiring, and i am praying for you this morning as i imagine the long treks you've made on your bike! huge love...and a big hug, dear friend!)