Funny also happens...

When you worry and fret and are all stressed out 24/7 getting some exercise usually gets pushed off the list of Things-to-do and People-to-Help. So, this morning i decided to do something about it. Instead of taking the car on a 2km round trip to buy some bread rolls, i "jumped" on my bicycle. Easy, right? One of my dear sons went along for the "ride".

Funny thing, two of my neighbours saw me and laughed a bit at my expense...said i should call if i needed a lift back from the shop. haha. I was undeterred until i realised i had a flat tire. Definitely deterred then.

 We had to look around a bit for the right device....fixed that and eventually we were off. By this time the neighbours had gone inside....luckily!

Did i mention it was "only" a 2km round trip BUT with a huge downhill there and a HUGER hill back up again.

Going down i nearly burnt out my brakes, going back up i sent B ahead so that me and my marshmallow legs could try and follow at a less intense pace and hoped to keep my dignity intact. What was i thinking! Dignity? Surely i must have made some onlookers smile or laugh out loud as i tried to get off the bike mid-hill without falling flat on my face as my legs, or should i say marshmallows, could now not lift high enough to disembark from the bicycle! And then i had to proceed to WALK (dignified) up the hill.

Halfway up the hill, B came back and said we should take another route with a more gentle incline....so off i went. Him in the lead...i got to a stop sign and turned left....and enjoyed a very nice bit of downhill, only to realise at the bottom that i now actually just went around the block and was at the bottom of the same hill AGAIN -  my own Heartbreak Hill. ?? By then i had had it. I got off with no grace and walked the rest of the uphill home.

Back home, no son. Sent the other two to go and look for him. Long story short - they could not find him as he went back to look for me and did the same hill TWICE! Eventually they did "Find my iPhone" and saw he was home. Good for technology, i guess otherwise they would still be out there going in circles!

Looking on the bright side we all got some exercise today! And i did get fresh bread rolls.

And is this not just how Life goes? We think we have it all nicely planned out but stuff happens and we find ourselves at the bottom of the same hill over and over. I was thinking what is my recurrent theme lately. My Heartbreak Hill. So, not to bore you with a long story it generally boils down to What about me? Who will be looking after me?

So i leave me (and you) with this: Deut 33:27  "The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the Everlasting Arms."
I like that. The Everlasting Arms. Under me. Going Uphill or Downhill, He is there, His Arms which by the way is Everlasting, is under me with my wobbly marshmallow legs. He has me.

Bella, it can only get better...or worse, i guess. It's 50-50 most days in any case! But He is there no matter what.