We made it to the white building village in the green coast. Climbing up to the chapel and light house was the pinnacle of a great day. We meandered the side streets and even made it to the Museo Del Calamar Gigante – the largest squid museum in the world. Being Kraken fans we had to take the opportunity for this photo stop. We also hit the supermarket to buy some local treats as we keep burning calories and eating our way across the country.
Today my mind meandered through a challenge I often face. At this point in life, I still feel the need to push myself pretty hard. This can be physically, mentally, spiritually, etc. Over the past week I have felt that if we finished our day at 15 miles or even 41 miles, that perhaps we could even have gone further on that day. Why stop when you can keep going?
I love that sense of pushing hard and at times I wish I could let that go and take it a bit easier. I want to make the biggest impact on each day and I want to enjoy it more. I want to take on big challenges and align that work with what most needs doing. Am I doing enough? Am I making enough of a difference and providing enough for my family, my church, my community, the world? This has been something that I have wrestled with my entire life. I am the same in work and play. It makes me who I am and at times may diminish my own humanity? I’ll keep wrestling with this as I am still in the messy middle of these life questions. While doing so, I desire to hold fast to what is good, what is well pleasing to Jesus and the gift of this life that I have been given.
As we walked into our dinner stop, this image was hanging above the kitchen window. Seems to tie (haha) right into my meandering thoughts of recent days).
Johnson 2025 Sabbatical 
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