Before our ‘together walk’

A glance at the weighing scale once in a while makes me do a little victory dance. Used to be a puzzle to a few of my girlfriends back in the day.

Is that why you eat that much avocado? Been asked a few times.

Well, and in my defense, folks have an avocado tree and I thank God for the day it was planted. Someone must eat the fruits, right?

Apparently, the older an avocado tree grows, the more fruit it produces. If only this principle holds true-that the more one eats avocados the more it piles up in their frame somewhere.

Well, it doesn’t translate to much as the avocado ‘fat’ doesn’t seem to get stored.

Epic fail to weight gain efforts.

Mum doesn’t understand whenever I mention I have added a little even after I purposely decide to have potatoes in all my meals.

What part shows where the potatoes went?

She is biased and has been on a mission to make me fat since birth so chooses not to see. Partly has influenced my decision not to visit a gym unless I am passing by to use other ancillary facilities like the Sauna which is rare. Let me conserve the few Kilos I’ve worked hard to accumulate. I love my small frame. Smaller packages are also perfect and easier to handle anyway….lol.

Mr.Boaz can have the muscles for the two of us 😊.(I hope you’ll get to read this someday and soon when God presents me to you. That muscles don’t matter oo (Nai9ja tone) and you need not be perfect.I’m not. Top 3? That you love God above all else and that I never take His place in your life. That your heart is soft for me and that you find a safe haven in me to trust me with that same heart-your highs,your lows,your happiest and saddest of moments,at your strongest and when you don’t feel as strong. And that you’ll hold my hand as my best friend in the walk of life.)

Ps: Proverbs 31:11 AMPC version-A prayer for myself.

I digress…

But talking of walks. I enjoy long nature walks. I can think, listen to music. Pray under my breath. That my body gets its doze of exercise while at it, is wonderful. My best times are when the air is crisp, the ground dewy or smelling earthy even. So, I will do my walks late evening or early mornings. The chirping of birds particularly in the morning can be so soothing. Creation truly awakes to praise God.

God enjoyed taking walks too!

Did you know He would visit the garden of Eden every evening in the cool of the day to meet up with Adam and Eve? In fact, even with Enoch whom He took walks with. I can only imagine how much He enjoyed their chats that one day, He asked they take a certain path through the woods.

Enoch never came back home!

There was a season in my life, I did these walks with so much going on, on my mind. A hectic job and the office politics every day. My often calm self was at war from all the noise around and within me.  The walks were the only time I could attempt to get some quietness and try hear God’s voice. They turned from being an avenue to tell God my fears about work, then to tears when I didn’t know what next. To oh God, I’m not sure why they have taken so long to call me back, to Oh God they sent a regret email.

That then turned to…Oh lord, allow me to just chill in the house. I am not up to our walks anymore.

Now?

I look forward to my walks. Both my mind and heart are calm. Anything will bring out a smile deep from within my heart-a heart at peace within myself.

God has taught me the beauty of seasons-they don’t last and will always change. Sometimes, they change differently. My current one has been just Pearl and God. We called it an Esther season(see last blog). And I love it.

Discovering a new me in Him and allowing Him to tenderly speak to and love on me. An overwhelming assurance that His thoughts are beautiful, always have been. That He makes everything beautiful in His time. So, the quiet-natured princess is back to herself, dreaming with God, planning with God. Being the best version of herself as He leads her. Took a few moons to truly find her again 😊.

Oh…I hope Mr.Boaz is having his own walks with you.How I pray we have a lot in common including a love for nature walks. That he is talking to you Lord in his prayerful search for me. It sure is beautiful alone with you and I bet it will even be lovelier to have him walk with me -in the fullness of your time. My prayer.

We agreed with God that when Boaz checks in , then the Esther solo season can end 😊.That God keeps me for him as He keeps him for me. But before our walks together and before God changes the season, I purposed to enjoy my solo strolls with God to the fullest!

I have to remind myself not to lift my hands when the words to a song playing through my earphones, take my heart to a deep place in Him. At least no one can see me wipe a tear as I mutter a few whispers, thank you Lord for your extravagant love for me and leading me through different seasons.