A walk ... and the healing ...
A walk ... and the healing ...
I finally got down to walking the 9km Southern Ridges yesterday =)
Ever since the Southern Ridges opened, I've been yearning to find someone that is like-minded and whose company I enjoy to take the leisure walk. After so many months of talking about it, sharing the idea with some friends over coffee, missing one great opportunity during the Graduation Retreat because the weather was so hot ... I FINALLY GET DOWN TO DOING IT!!! =)
Twin and me met early in the morning (well, not exactly early lah, like 8.30am??) and started off our adventure. Well, actually, we kind of "cheated" (haha) coz we met at the end point, parked one car there, and took the other car and drove to the starting point =) This genius plan was to ensure we aren't too tired to walk further to take public transport, and of course, not to stink the entire bus or train that we took after our sweaty walk =)
Although the entire trail was 9km, yet walking with someone whose company you enjoy, the walk did not seemed tiring or long at all. Throughout the walk, twin and me walked, rested, chatted, took pictures here and there. It was a great catching up session with her.
Towards the end of the trail, probably about 1/3 of it left, from Hort Park back to Kent Ridge, my left leg started to feel some pain. I did not know if it's muscle ache or a torn ligament, or a bad strain - all I knew was I was walking with a slight limp because I had to put more weight on my right hand, and literally dragging my left foot along. The one thought that I had at the time was, "Oh gosh, I am scheduled to lead worship for church service the next day ... how am I going to lead with such a limp??"
Despite of the pain, God saw me through the rest of the walk, with the pain and the limp. After a simple lunch, twin and me parted ways as I felt the need to be back home as early as I could to rest. The pain still somewhat persist during the entire evening.
When I woke up the next morning to get ready for church, I was totally surprised that the pain and the ache has gone off!! There wasn't any pain anymore!! I had muscle aches before, and usually they take about 2 days or more to recover and ease - so for this one to just go off in less than 24 hours, I was simply amazed and thankful - of course to the Great Healer and Physician! =) And needless to say, you knew the rest of the story - I went to church, lead worship, as normal as I had felt =)
Praise God for the time to walk and smell the freshness of the air and see His creation ... thank God for the special time He made for me and twin to fellowship in His presence ... and glory be to God for the healing!
I finally got down to walking the 9km Southern Ridges yesterday =)
Ever since the Southern Ridges opened, I've been yearning to find someone that is like-minded and whose company I enjoy to take the leisure walk. After so many months of talking about it, sharing the idea with some friends over coffee, missing one great opportunity during the Graduation Retreat because the weather was so hot ... I FINALLY GET DOWN TO DOING IT!!! =)
Twin and me met early in the morning (well, not exactly early lah, like 8.30am??) and started off our adventure. Well, actually, we kind of "cheated" (haha) coz we met at the end point, parked one car there, and took the other car and drove to the starting point =) This genius plan was to ensure we aren't too tired to walk further to take public transport, and of course, not to stink the entire bus or train that we took after our sweaty walk =)
Although the entire trail was 9km, yet walking with someone whose company you enjoy, the walk did not seemed tiring or long at all. Throughout the walk, twin and me walked, rested, chatted, took pictures here and there. It was a great catching up session with her.
Towards the end of the trail, probably about 1/3 of it left, from Hort Park back to Kent Ridge, my left leg started to feel some pain. I did not know if it's muscle ache or a torn ligament, or a bad strain - all I knew was I was walking with a slight limp because I had to put more weight on my right hand, and literally dragging my left foot along. The one thought that I had at the time was, "Oh gosh, I am scheduled to lead worship for church service the next day ... how am I going to lead with such a limp??"
Despite of the pain, God saw me through the rest of the walk, with the pain and the limp. After a simple lunch, twin and me parted ways as I felt the need to be back home as early as I could to rest. The pain still somewhat persist during the entire evening.
When I woke up the next morning to get ready for church, I was totally surprised that the pain and the ache has gone off!! There wasn't any pain anymore!! I had muscle aches before, and usually they take about 2 days or more to recover and ease - so for this one to just go off in less than 24 hours, I was simply amazed and thankful - of course to the Great Healer and Physician! =) And needless to say, you knew the rest of the story - I went to church, lead worship, as normal as I had felt =)
Praise God for the time to walk and smell the freshness of the air and see His creation ... thank God for the special time He made for me and twin to fellowship in His presence ... and glory be to God for the healing!
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