Sermonettes and Life Lessons from the 3 Day

*It takes time to facilitate community. One day wouldn't have been enough. It takes living together, bandaging your feet together, eating together, crying together, and hearing each others stories.

*The 3 Day is more about the journey and less about the walking.

*Encouragement, hugs, stickers, and pins, even from people you don't know, can help you take one more step. This paraphrase of a quote that was sent to Beth was our motto on Day 2, a walker's prayer: "Lord, if you will pick my foot up, I will put it back down."

*I think I saw a picture of Heaven at the finish line. Some strode across the finish line having trained hard for the journey. Some joined in the cheering, acknowledging a job well done. Some were humbled at the attention and hurried through. Some limped across, barely making it. Some cried. Some hugged. Some did cartwheels. But no matter how people made it to the finish, they got here. Some journeys were much more painful that others. Some were well-supported, some were alone. In the end though, there was a throng of people, jubilant that they'd made it. I've never seen such cheering and joy! The pain of the journey was left behind. We made it. If we can do this on Earth, just a shadow of what's to come, I can't wait to see the rejoicing in Heaven!