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Pastor John Hardy Contributing Writer

AT feast three times a week, rain or shine, you will find me in the Lynn Headwaters.

My favourite trail is the lower loop trail. This one-and-a-half-hour of hiking meets my needs physically, mentally and spiritually. Physically, because it gives my heart a “good” workout. It is a wonderful fitness circuit with its rugged terrain, roots and steep inclines ss (hiking boots rec-

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ommended ) as well as long down- grades. Mentally, because it gives my busy head an opportunity to slow down and rest in glorious abandon. New thoughts have come to me. 1 do unhurried work in my head. OF course, my thoughts are often inter- rupted by" delicious sights and sounds. I cross a myriad of rushing creeks, catch sight of massive rotting trunks covered with moss in multiple shades of green. On sunny days, streams of light filter through | the leaves. On rainy and duil days, light radiates from deciduous leaves. The

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mind is cleansed from the dust of the city streets as | see the path wind ahead of me. Thanks to the GVRD for making this possible.

But what Tlook forward to most of all is the spiritual exercise. It is a place of solitude for me, particularly on rainy days. | find that God wants to communicate with us. He does this by his Spiric. I begin a trek by inviting the Spirit of God to instruct me. He will do this with images, thoughts, or emotions. Sometimes | will work through a passage of the Bible that I have memorized (try

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this wich well-known Scriptures such as the Lord's Prayer or the 23 Psalm). God is the “soul listener”, as David the Psalmist discovered. [ talk to God about issues in my life and family and work. Sometimes it helps me to talk out loud, which is why | like the solitude of rainy days. David gives a good prayer at the end of his 139 Psalm. “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there be any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.” Jesus described the Spirit as “Counsellor.”

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It is a compound Greek word mean- ing “called alongside.” In reference to praver, he said that his Father (God) knows how to give good gifts and that he desires to give us his Spirit. He is available tor the asking.

The headwaters is my place of exercise for the body, soul and spirit. Ic may not be yours but we all need this kind of re-creation to become whole and healthy persons. I hope you will discover your place.

~—Joln Hardy is Senior Pastor at Hillstde Baptist Church in N.V.; <Kingsfisher@minister.com>.

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