THE SCENE: Clear skies, about 60 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Burpees, Plank Stretches, 10 Windmills, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward and Backwards
THA-THANG:
Mosey to stop sign at southeastern corner of Admin Bldg. 20 American Hammers.
Mosey to shaded area that is on other side of road from Area 51. There will be four cones set up. We will go counter-clockwise to each cone. We will do so four times and do one exercise at each in sequence. We go to the next cone by the method listed. Here are the exercises and way to get to the next cone.
- Cone 1: 1. 20 Star Jumps 2. 10 Burpees 3. 20 Plank Jacks 4. 20 Smurf Jacks (Sprint to Cone 2)
- Cone 2: 1. 20 Merkins 2. 15 Hand Release Merkins 3. 20 Dive Bombers 4. 20 Diamond Merkins (Bear Crawl to Cone 3)
- Cone 3: 1. 20 Jump Squats 2. 20 Mountain Climbers (both feet = 1) 3. 20 Iron Mikes (both feet = 1) 4. 20 Side Straddle Hops (Bernie to Cone 4)
- Cone 4: 1. 20 Big-Boy Sit-ups 2. 20 Hello Dollies (4 ct) 3. 20 Bicycle Kicks (4 ct) 4. 20 Flutter Kicks (4 ct) (Lunge to Cone 1)
Mosey to grassy area by Northshore Entrance to Park. 20 Imperial Walkers.
Mosey on perimeter trail south and then east on Perimeter Trail to benches at south end. Alternate between 20 Bench Dips and 30 Baby Crunches.
Mosey to Soccer Fields and then to grassy area past roadway. We will then do sevens going from grassy area to tree in a field that is about 40 yards away. We will start with 1 set of Shoulder Taps at the roadway and 6 Pinto Twists at the tree.
Mosey to stop sign at southeastern corner of Admin Bldg. 20 American Hammers
Mosey to AO.
MARY:
1 minute run in place and 30 seconds of stretching.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Imperfect Leaders and Servants
From 2 Corinthians 12: 9-10:
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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
I consider the brothers of F3, the men I see each week at workouts and through fellowship, and I see so many of you having the true desire to serve others and be leaders among our community. Yet, we sometimes hesitate for fear of failure. We fear that we will fall short of our goals, not live up to the people we serve, not speak well enough or act well enough, or just be overwhelmed by the time and nature of the task. We think we have to be a Captain Crunch, an Abscess or a Judge Judy to lead and serve the way we should.
We need to remember a wonderful truth when our fears and concerns keep us from taking the chance to lead and serve. God works through our imperfections. Consider every person besides Christ that is in the Bible. They were all imperfect but God used them to serve His purpose. Consider Moses: a man afraid to speak to others, God used him to lead the Jews out of Egypt and to the promised land. Consider David: a man who lusted after Bathsheba and had to be brought to shame to see his sin. God found favor on David and he was a great leader. Consider Peter: a disciple of Christ who boasted he would never betray Him, yet who betrayed Him three times after Jesus was arrested. And, Peter became one of the greatest disciples of Christ, spreading the works of Christ after his death.
God will use our imperfections to serve his people. Why worry then about how imperfect we are. Like Paul says in Corinthians, for the sake of Christ we can be boast in our weaknesses. For He will use our weaknesses to make his power perfect. Go forth, therefore, with confidence. When you screw up, when you stumble, when you say the idiotic thing, if your intentions are loving, if your intentions are to do good for others, Christ will use you despite your mistakes. The message: Get out there and fail because through your failures you will succeed.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Speed Flash on his test tomorrow, for Hand’s friend who passed away and the family of that friend, and for Abscess’ friend who has triple-bypass heart surgery upcoming.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AO Launch this weekend in Maryville. Get copy paper, napkins and 55 Gallon Trash Bags in for service project.