September 24th, 2008

Have you ever walked up on a hill during the night and looked down at a LDS temple all lit up?
With living in Ogden, Utah, we do just that, looking at the temple at night that is.
While walking last evening I looked west. We live way up the hill from the Ogden, Utah Temple. There it stood, all in white, with Moroni standing firm and pointing east. My heart felt like it skipped a beat as I held my breath. The sight of the temple was breathtaking! There it stood, in the downtown area of Ogden where there is not much to look at with all the torn down buildings now gone from the near by landscape, but the temple grabs at your spiritual being and holds on tight.
With each step taken, I anticipated the tears welling up, I basked in the love for my Father in Heaven, and for the love we share in the gospel.
Commitments are made, promises kept, as we prepare for these latter days.
Although the air was cool last night, after the rains, I felt so warm inside. I wear my garments and sense them about my body. They envelope me as I step further from my home, and how divinely blessed I feel for being a part of this dispensation.
Tomorrow, September 25, will be the anniversary of when Jim and I first met. The years have passed quickly, and as I look to the west, where the temple reminds me of times gone by, my heart feels warm knowing that we married in the Salt Lake Temple on April 25, 1973, and those commitments and promises are still held tight within my bosom. I thank the Lord as I turn and take a step towards home. Another step towards an eternity of blessings.

Wow everyone, time does go quickly! My husband and I have been down with some really rotten virus, and to say the least, I have not been walking. I could hardly breath for almost three weeks. Asthma and walking does not go well together when you are sick.
So, forgive my procrastinating, but it honestly was not meant to happen.

August 30, 2008

Last evening we took off for Walmart for a fun walk around the store. Of course we stopped but a few times to find something to buy, but in the end, we had put in close to 2 miles of walking.
Then, this morning, being Saturday, I was able to get out much earlier than usual. I leashed up TEEKO and headed for the great outdoors.
My thoughts centered around the mountains, and how majestic they truly are.
What exactly happened to bring those up and standing so tall? Was it an earthquakes, millions of years ago, or was it volcanic in nature? Although I am not aware of any volcanoes in This area of Ogden, Utah, I have often read how they were responsible for many natural phenomenon that has created our area today.
As I walked along, talking to my Pomeranian, I told him about all the deep crevices in the mountain faces, and how God had to have had a special hand in making the colors so glorious. The Wasatch Mountains are truly magnificent. They stands so tall, and have colors of greens, browns, purples, reds and blues that only God knows what put the colors there.
I put in a mile this morning, and felt wonderful (except my legs and back), when we returned home. We sat on our front lawn swing for a few minutes before returning to our very busy Saturday.
So, how was your day?

Walking For Your Life

This is my walking challenge for each and every one of you!

Each and every day do your best to walk. If it's outside, or there in your livingroom.

Once in the morning and once at night is great, but do not be be so zealous and over do it.

Start a little at a time, and build it up. When I first started I literally had not walked long distances for several years. I 'tried' to go a long ways, but that was not going to happen!

We have a double driveway. So, the first day I walked the length of the driveway, and then increased each day. Some days I do not walk, and others, I walk as much as I can, aiming for a mile twice a day. Soem days I meet the challange, and other days I don't even come close. Do what makes you feel good inside and out.

So, I want to challenge all of my friends to join me in this cyber challenge!

As you walk, pick a subject to put your mind to. I used the subject of butterflies one day, and as I walked, I thought of everything I could about butterflies, to how much they touch my life to how they develop and become such a gorgeous thing.

Write all you can and add your own thoughts.

So, the challenge begins TODAY - August 29th, 2008.

I challenge each and every one of us to walk for your life!!!