Four Corners is the point where the corners of four states (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona) all meet. It is the only place in the U.S. where this happens. You can literally be in all four states at the same time at that point.
Being in more than one place at a time works well at Four Corners. It does NOT, however, work so well when you are trying to straddle being in Colorado and California at the same time. It’s a major stretch. A hard position to hold. You get tired and feel like you’re going to lose your balance. Your legs shake and burn with the strain and effort of staying still with one foot in each place.
But it IS a good workout. Muscles are being worked. Though you’re exhausted, you can feel your strength being tested and grown. And you realize that though you don’t want it to be a part of your permanent exercise routine, it IS good to sense that the stretching is producing something of value.
I’m really tired. This process of a long distance move is definitely taking a toll. My body, mind and soul are trying to occupy two places at the same time and are getting worn out. But somehow it’s a good exhaustion. Not something that I want to go on forever, but something that I know is taking me beyond my comfort zone and pushing me to learn new things, both lessons and tasks. I am leaning on God and His strength more than ever and with it has come a peace that doesn’t make any sense. My normal reaction would be anxiety, but for some strange, God reason, it just isn’t there. And for that I am very, very thankful.
It’s a big stretch. Fatigue is setting in. But soon the workout will be over and my “muscles” can relax for a bit. New muscles are forming and strengthening for other workouts down the road. I will look back, forgetting much of the pain of the process, and be thankful that every bit of the stretch was worth it in the end.
Until then, the straddle continues….:-)
Romans 15:13 – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 12:9 – But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
