Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, slappy, Drano, Anchorman, Pool Boy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Neck stretch
Run in place/high knees/butt kickers/jump rope
Imperial Walkers
Hairy Rockettes
5 Burpees
THE THANG:
Took turns drawing F3 workout cards and rolling dice to determine the exercises and reps. Also got in a couple of laps around the school.
COT:
Do you ever feel like you’re perpetually in a season of waiting? Waiting on that trip, that special time with your son or the connection you long to have with him, that job opportunity, that relationship to mend, that struggle or suffering to end. Are you just tired of waiting? Like that thing is just never going to be a reality?
I took my son to church on Sunday. Guess what the message was about? Waiting. I was thinking to myself. Seriously?! Just a little reminder that it’s ok to feel the ache, the longing, the frustration. I pray that in those times, men here can share that and as a group, we can lean on one another. But the reminder is not about when the fix is coming but who the fixer is.
Waiting has forced me to look up at God. To be frustrated with him and bring my wants and desires to him. But it’s brought me to a place of desperate dependence. Instead of coming back to me and my rush to control everything, I’m looking at who he is and what he has promised.
I’m currently reading an Advent devotion, and if you’re not, I would encourage you to. It’s truly helped me to be still and take moments in my day to stop doing and just receive. To be thankful for where I am, right now. To wait is to worship. While I’m being shaped and pruned… “I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;” – Psalm 130:5
One other famous passage is God’s word to the exiles in Babylon. People truly in despair and longing for home. I’m sure you’ve heard this one. He says…
“but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 ESV
What are you doing today to give your body rest and just receive his promises and trust in his faithfulness? He will renew and he will deliver one day. And that day is coming soon.