When does a journey really begin?

When does a journey of a thousand miles really begin?  The Chinese philosopher said with the first step.  But really?  Isn't that just the beginning of one part of the entire journey?

I like to ask folk in my sermons, "At what point did King David of the Jews begin to sin when he decided to sleep with his soldier's wife, Bathsheba?" The normal response is, "When he thought (or decided) to sleep with her." But I contend that his sin began long before that; when he thought (or decided) to leave his army in the field without it's leader so he could relax a while at home.

I do NOT think of the journey Mona and I are on as one of sin.  Hardly!  But I do believe, like David, it began when we first had the thought (or decided) to live light, on wheels, and travel collecting memories rather than 'things'.

But today we broke our rule. We collected a very BIG thing. We picked up our new home, the 34' Alpine Motor Coach we will be living in full time come June. But that's the point.  There is little enough room for the necessities of life even in a motor home this size.  Once she is fully loaded the rule will have to be, "buy one new thing, give one old thing away".

But don't all you follower's of our BOOK BLOG worry.  There will be plenty of room for Mona's and my books, or we would not have taken the thought (or decision) to begin this journey with today's first REAL step at all.

Now for the first thousand miles, and many thousands more!

-Ken