Waking in the morning after being up all night, leaves one feeling well….hung-over. It’s been awhile now since my nightlife changed from partying all night, waking up in strange places, or never going to sleep to…. being up all night listening to little girls giggling, and filling the bottomless popcorn bowl. Instead of sneaking out doing the walk of shame, into the light of day stumbling for my car keys, trying to see through mascara raccoon eyes and having a sandpaper feeling on my tongue, I now wake before the sun and brew a cup, add vanilla walking confidently to the patio,open my bible and listen to the Tweets sing their jovial tunes.

I’d love to pretend that I had this latter walk down to a T before I ever married, unfortunately that is not true. I’m a slow learner and my lessons have been painful and expensive. What I never fully understood or even cared about in those earlier years was that other people, my family included learned from my example. I grew up in the “do as I say, not as I do” household and never really gave my own example much thought until my oldest was around ten years old (he turns 30 this year) and even then I still stumbled and at fifty one, I’m still learning how to walk.

I’ve come to see that if we want other’s to trust us, believe us, value us or learn from us, then our walk had not better be one of shame.

I’d like to encourage you today….to walk this way! Let Jesus lead you by his example and your walk of shame will become a dance of honor.

Join me as we learn and grow together on how, where and when to walk following the Master.

“God, we praise you and thank you for your son who died and rose as an example of love and forgiveness, showing us how to walk so that we may bring you glory. May we always let you lead in this dance we call life. In Jesus name Amen.”