Waiting for your Soul to Catch Up with Your Body
There's a wonderful story I would like to share with you from Lettie Cowman's book, Springs in the Valley:
A traveler came to the jungles of Africa loaded with a huge number of supplies. Many porters had to be hired from a local tribe to carry the goods. On the first day the group moved quickly and covered a lot of miles. The traveler was very pleased and had high expectations of a fairly speedy journey. But on the second morning these same tribesmen refused to move. For no apparent reason they just sat and rested.
The traveler was perplexed and inquired as to the reason for this strange behavior. He was informed that they had gone too fast the first day, and that they were now waiting for their souls to catch up with their bodies.
Lettie Cowman concludes with this prophetic comment: "This whirling rushing life which so many of us live does for us what that first march did for those poor jungle tribesmen. The difference: they knew what they needed to restore life's balance; too often we do not."
What is most incredible is that Lettie Cowman wrote these words almost fifty years ago.
What about you? Are you waiting for your soul to catch up with your body?
Frankie
A traveler came to the jungles of Africa loaded with a huge number of supplies. Many porters had to be hired from a local tribe to carry the goods. On the first day the group moved quickly and covered a lot of miles. The traveler was very pleased and had high expectations of a fairly speedy journey. But on the second morning these same tribesmen refused to move. For no apparent reason they just sat and rested.
The traveler was perplexed and inquired as to the reason for this strange behavior. He was informed that they had gone too fast the first day, and that they were now waiting for their souls to catch up with their bodies.
Lettie Cowman concludes with this prophetic comment: "This whirling rushing life which so many of us live does for us what that first march did for those poor jungle tribesmen. The difference: they knew what they needed to restore life's balance; too often we do not."
What is most incredible is that Lettie Cowman wrote these words almost fifty years ago.
What about you? Are you waiting for your soul to catch up with your body?
Frankie
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I love that story. It is very appropos to our busy lives.
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