THE SCENE: 41 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Windmill IC x 8
Seal claps IC x 8
Randys IC x 8
Motivator IC x 8
5 Burpees OYO
10 Dips + 10 Derkins (2 Rounds)
THA-THANG:
Mosey through the woods to the learning center where we will do “The Breakout”.
My phone has a metronome clicking at 55 bpm… For the next several minutes, you need to keep moving in timing with the metronome. I’ll call an exercise that is on the board. No stopping allowed, only switching of exercises.
The board: Numerous index cards are spread about, face down…. Two PAX draw a card, read the exercises, and jailbreak around the lot (about 1/8 mile). While waiting for the runners, remaining PAX perform exercises called by Q (must be one showing on the board) in timing with the metronome. When a runner returns, next PAX draws a card, reads, sprints…. Rinse and repeat.
The phone is locked with a 4-digit pin. Four of the exercise index cards also contain a number. PAX keep working until they expose all 4 cards with numbers. Then they must break the code…. Once all four numbers are known, the each returning runner tries to “break the code” and unlock my phone using the numbers. If you guys are good guessers, we can finish the work in just a few minutes and break outta here! Then again, there are 24 possible permutations of 4 numbers, so…. we might be here a while….
Code deciphered….1-0-1-8. Break out!
Mosey to Pollard Hill for 11s (Bodybuilders/CDDs)
MARY:
Side crunches
Xs and Os
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks”. Ecclesiastes 10:18.
Let’s talk about complacency…specifically about complacency in your marriage. On a scale of 1-to-10, how complacent are you right now about your relationship with your wife?
If it’s been months since you’ve taken your wife on a date, if you are no longer confiding in her, if you are your worst self when you are around her, if the sex has gone cold, if you’re not often giving her your undivided attention, if you are not asking about her feelings and dreams, if you feel distant around her – you’ve become complacent about the most important relationship in your life. Complacency is the subtle and silent enemy of your marriage.
Men tend to be goal-oriented – but your relationship with your wife is a journey that is never complete. It’s a goal that will never be “finished”. Don’t settle down, because it’s not a very big step from contentment to complacency. Comfort, which is a great thing in relationships, can give root to laziness.
If this is you – my challenge to you is to BREAK OUT of the complacency!
It doesn’t have to be extravagant like planning a surprise vacation…. Just be more deliberate and less lazy about the connection you have with your wife. Ask her more questions. Mix up the daily routine. Do something sweet. Be playful. Be spontaneous. Play a game together. Schedule more sex. Share a fantasy with her. Pray with her specifically about her struggles. Don’t mumble “I love you” out of habit or duty – say it and mean it. Tell her why you love her, and what you love about her. Simple things can have a profound impact.
“…The complacency of fools destroys them” (Proverbs 1:32). My complacency about my marriage cost me a couple of years of what could have been far more intimacy and joy. At one point, that complacency could have destroyed my marriage. If you are as deeply and profoundly complacent about your marriage as I have been in the past (I hope you are not!) … winning back her trust and her heart will likely take time and will require a consistent pursuit on your part. Be courageous and decide today to make that investment, because nearly no other pursuit on this earth is more worth it!
Is your house leaking because of negligence? Is your roof caving in because of laziness? If contentment has led to complacency, if you have become stagnant in the pursuit of your wife’s heart, if you are taking your marriage for granted….it’s time to shake off the rust and BREAK OUT of that complacency! This week, do something intentional to strengthen the bond and spark a little delight in your marriage.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for the traveling Snagg Family
Prayers for Samaritan’s sister-in-law
Good to have Abscess with us!
Hat tip to Abscess for sharing a personal impact/perspective during the CoT – we appreciate you, brother!
Hat tip to my wife for the idea for this week’s Thang.
If you take me up on my challenge to “do something intentional to strengthen the bond and spark a little delight in your marriage”, post about it on the Group Me thread!
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