Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

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Blessed is the Man Whose Heart is Set on Pilgrimage

Last night, after our church home group finished up our Bible study, we watched a movie called The Way.  For those that haven't seen it, a man's 40ish old son dies at the beginning of the movie attempting to walk "El Camino de Santiago" between France and Spain.  His father, who never understood his sons traveling ways and was content in his safe life back home, travels to France to recover his body.  Once there he decides to take the pilgrimage himself, spreading his sons ashes on the trail as he goes.  Along the way he meets some interesting characters, all doing the Camino for their own reasons, and they share their journey with each other.

You don't choose a life, you live one.

I would highly recommend this movie to anybody that can sit through a movie without a lot of action.  The purpose of the movie is not to entertain you as much as it is to think about your own life and the journey you are on.  I found myself comparing his walk on the Camino to all of our life walks.  Then this verse came to me:

Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, 
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage. (Psalm 84:5 NKJV)

 As we walk down our own paths, people will come and go.  We will find ourselves walking with others, broken as we are, and sharing our lives with them.  There are times where we will need to stop and rest, share a beer with a few people, but the road will call us back.  I think we are all pilgrims whether we know it or not, but are our hearts set on it?  Or are we content in our safe place, not wanting to step back out on to the road?

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith... (Hebrews 12:1-2)
 Buen Camino fellow pilgrims.
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Checking back in

I know, I know.  I have been very absent from the blogosphere.  So absent, in fact, that I doubt anybody will read this apart from my parents.  Hi mom and dad!  I hope to update more frequently starting today.  I have now finished my coaching commitments and am gearing up for a long stay in Guatemala, 6 months or longer.  I love coaching and it has been so fun being a part of the lives of some awesome kids!  However, it does set my life in a routine of sorts and that routine did not include writing.  But I hope to update about my trip preparation and then plan on updating regularly while in Guatemala.  So check back in! 
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