{"id":87148,"date":"2016-04-15T09:51:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T16:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/on-having-walked-26km-today-from-castrojeriz-to-fromista\/"},"modified":"2016-08-18T15:18:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T22:18:58","slug":"on-having-walked-26km-today-from-castrojeriz-to-fromista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/on-having-walked-26km-today-from-castrojeriz-to-fromista\/","title":{"rendered":"On Having Walked 26km Today from Castrojeriz to Fr\u00f3mista"},"content":{"rendered":"

E<\/span>ach day of our pilgrimage, it has pleased God to send us a new trial. If it is not hills to climb, then it is rain. If it is not rain, then mud. If not mud, then a driving wind. <\/p>\n

Today, it pleased God to send us all of these in succession. <\/p>\n

 \"\"<\/a> 
\nT<\/span>o these trials must be added the moment by moment reminders of our fragile mortality: the pains in our backs, our hips, our legs, and our feet – oh, the pains in our feet!<\/p>\n

But today we have also been given marvelous gifts and consolations: the wonder of climbing up into a cloud, the exuberant joy of goldfinches dancing in the wind, the love of a husband and a wife and their laughter in adversity, the undeniable pleasure of a hot shower, the cheer and comfort of friends and good wine.<\/p>\n

Even the consolation of achievement pales before these.<\/p>\n

God strengthens us in our trials, and He strengthens us to face the unknown trials ahead. <\/p>\n

 \"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

(Originally posted to Pilgrims on the Way<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each day of our pilgrimage, it has pleased God to send us a new trial. If it is not hills to climb, then it is rain. If it is not rain, then mud. If not mud, then a driving wind.  Today, it pleased God to send us all of these in succession.     To these trials must be added the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camino"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-mFC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87140,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/mud-mud-and-more-mud\/","url_meta":{"origin":87148,"position":0},"title":"Mud, Mud, and More Mud","author":"Thom","date":"04 April 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A day of rain and mud. 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