THE SCENE: 30° calm and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:✓
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Miracan Night club, Mountain climbers, Newton’s Cradle, X Man crunch
THA-THANG:
10 HIM’s (2 2.0’s) +3 early runners, 2 Rushers, 1 Rucker
Drew some Strava/GPS art today: See the map https://photos.app.goo.gl/Z5iz5mzafyMn2om16
My Gift to you: 4 corners plus 2: 10 of each Merkin, Wide Merkin, Guardrail hand walk, Ranger Merkins, More Merkins, then Calf raises, then Squats, Ranger Merkin, Sprints. Bear crawl over a burm, Ski jump around a tree
Indian Run to big lot where we drew “F3” and worked on abs: Flutter kick, Freddy Mercury, BBS, LBC, Hello Dolly and x Man crunch. Impressive job sticking together.
Run back to Calf raises, long way to the long lot: Shuttle run with bear crawls, crawl bears and crab walks (the stump) Bernie to light pole where we drew a Plank Star with Plank dips, Plank Jacks, Shoulder Taps, Plank ups, Newtons Cradle. Then close out the tree.
MARY:
Dealers choice of: heels to heaven, Snow Angels, pickle pounders, BBS, Lunges, diamond merkins, SSH
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today we drew a big picture (see above) but many of us didn’t know how it would turn out or even that we were drawing. Just like in life we don’t always know what our picture looks like till we zoom out a little. But we are all painting a picture with how we live our lives. And people are watching. This time of year as you think about gifts under the tree we probably all know of the disappointment of just getting gifts and have learned the joy of giving them, but even in that we can make it about our selves. Instead we should look to Christ’s example of living for others.
A Christmas Verse from Philippians 2:3-7 (NLT, color and emphasis added) is our challenge for today:
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
Be like Christ in your servant leadership of the home. Think of others.
One more challenge: This Christmas speak of Jesus Christ. The picture we paint with how we live is important but sometimes we need to spell it out so people see the reason for how we live the way we live. This season is about Him and we can find ways to speak of Him and bring Him Glory!
MOLESKIN:
Merry Christmas!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Visit Big Ball on Thursday Morning; No Q planned for Christmas Day