Wednesday May 29, 2019

Combarra to Barrantes, Spain—Day 14; about 26,500 steps

Proverbs 14

v. 10  Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.  It’s true in life and true along the Camino.  People may laugh and talk together on the road but not always share how they’re really feeling.  Some walk with emotional pain, some with physical—and, I’m guessing based on how we feel, the longer we walk, the greater the physical pain.  Joy too belongs to each one individually.  I pause a moment to listen to a chorus of frogs or smell a burst of jasmine or marvel at a lush row of vegetable plants.  I peer through a barred window into a tiny chapel as others hurry by.  I stop alone but in each place is my Jesus, always waiting, smiling back at me.  Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you are ever sweet when life is bitter.  Thank you that in your presence my joy increases.

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