As I have been walking the last few days I have been thinking about a variety of things... among them, I have been thinking about what love looks like.
I've been out here now for about 3 and a half weeks, and one thing that's really defined my time out here are the people i spend time with. The guys I walk with are really different from me. We dont have lots in common, but we laugh a lot together and are doing this crazy trail together.
They are actually the reason I started thinking about what love looks like. They are really good to me. Today (and lots of days) when the hike is long they will stop along the way until I catch up and make sure I'm ok. They'll wait around for me to head out in the morning, they'll occasionally wash my pot or get my water. They'll get my food bag from the bear line when they get there's. They dont take care of me but they watch out for me. They're a blessing to me even though they don't realize it.
What does love look like? I want my life to be lived and remembered for the way I have loved. More than anything my heart's desire is to love others... to care about and for people.. to show them God's love in the way I love. In a lot of ways I define these guys I walk with by the way they love (whether they realize that is what they are showing or not!)... I want to love well. Even in simple ways... every day.
ps. I am staying tonight at a shelter where there is an "active" bear... but I think he's no showing tonight, of course... and I walked 20 miles to get here... no. seriously!
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