Calzadilla to Mansilla de las Mulas to Puente Villarente.
Left hotel at 5:30 and walked a long road to Reliegos hoping to find breakfast but only shop with banana and peach.
Got to Mansilla and found coffee, beer and orange juice and a slice of potato egg thingy. Looked for campsite but it was shutdown. Could have camped nearby but too early so went back into town for breakfast two. Was going to stay but not a very interesting town so decided to move on. The heat was crazy, HOT HOT HOT, 37 I'd guess. Only 7km so I walked!!! Found a river as I entered town, had to swim. Coldest yet!! That cooled me off before lunch. More beer and pizza , my theory is that it help me retain fluids, my thoery and I'm sticking too it. It also helps the siesta. Setting up tent later near river so I can swim again. I'll go into town for dinner.
Some walking beside road
They really know how to shift water around
Cool off time
the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now
I hope my adopted daughter doesn't mind me sharing this. She sent it to me and it is so powerful. Sometimes a song reach the heart quicker than just spoken words.
https://youtu.be/BCc7TCmKcwQ
“If I had only known the last time would be the last time I would've put off all the things I had to do
I would've stayed a little longer, held on a little tighter
Now what I'd give for one more day with you
'Cause there's a wound here in my heart where something's missing
And they tell me that it's gonna heal with time
But I know you're in a place where all your wounds have been erased
And knowing yours are healed is healing mine
The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you
There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down
Is that the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now
I know the road you walked was anything but easy
You picked up your share of scars along the way
Oh, but now you're standing in the sun,
you've fought your fight and your race is run
The pain is all a million miles away
The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you
There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down
Is that the only scars in Heaven, yeah, are on the hands that hold you now
Hallelujah, hallelujah Hallelujah, for the hands that hold you now
There's not a day goes by that I don't see you
You live on in all the better parts of me
Until I'm standing with you in the sun,
I'll fight this fight and this race I'll run
Until I finally see what you can see, oh-oh
The only scars in Heaven, they won't belong to me and you
There'll be no such thing as broken, and all the old will be made new
And the thought that makes me smile now, even as the tears fall down
Is that the only scars in Heaven are on the hands that hold you now”
I miss Linda so much, it's a pain I can't describe. This song seemed to express what I feel. Even as tears flow down, I'm so happy and thankful for her and the time we shared.
The main point is that the hands that have the scares is Jesus. As well as taking all our pain and scares he also took something that only He could bear for us. The weight of sin is something that only Jesus can take from us as we trust Him. I'm so thankful that Linda and myself knew this and in doing so we know we have an eternal future. As the song says Hallelujah.
Why!!!
