In 1980 my mom's sister lived in Asheville, North Carolina. I was able to catch a ride to her house and stayed overnight. We found an outdoors shop and I bought a brand new pair of hiking boots (much lighter than my original pair!) I remember the contrast between hiking on the trail and sitting on the couch in my aunt's living room. It was air conditioned. It was clean. The food was wonderful. We started watching a movie on TV called "O God". John Denver was the star of the show and he met God face to face. Having grown up attending church, but not connecting with the message, I had a lot to learn about God. As of right now I wouldn't necessarily recommend the movie. But at that time, I got one main message: God is real, and He is personal. It had a big impact on me. I was new in my faith, and this revelation (even through a movie that had some questionable theology) was just what I needed to understand God more. Hiking through God's creation every day combined with the knowledge that God is real & personal moved me.
Today I weighed in at 182.2 pounds.
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