THE SCENE: Mid-50s. Rainy, thundery, lightningy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Seal claps x 10 IC
Knee Tap Merkins x 10 IC
Tempo Squats x 10 IC
Lunge Runners x 10 each leg IC
Projectivator x 10 IC
THA THANG:
Dodge the lightning and head to cover under the senior center veranda.
Last week, Erector started a ridiculously hard pyramid workout. We didn’t even get halfway through…. Time to pick-up where we left off…at lunges (i.e. Round 6 of the pyramid). Instead of running a lap between Rounds (Erector’s plan), we’ll bear crawl the length of the veranda.
The pyramid was;
20 Merkins
20 Squats
20 Mountain Climbers
20 Flutter Kicks
20 Diamond Merkins
20 Lunge
20 Burpees
20 Freddy Mercury
We finished 7 more rounds – 800 reps and a bunch of bear crawls. 180 burpees between the three of us (Yeeeessss, Mermaid….we will log them….)
MARY:
Hillbillies
Hello Dollies
BBS
Sleeping Hillbillies
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
3 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Early in the biblical story of Daniel, the nation of Babylon besieges Jerusalem – plundering the Temple of God and kidnapping some of the noble families. Among the captives brought back to Babylon were Daniel and his three friends; Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Once in captivity, they were given new names to conform to the culture; Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego – and placed into service of Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar.
Two years later, Nebuchadnezzar had a nightmare and issued a threat to his sorcerers and counselors (whom Daniel/Belteshazzar was then among), “Tell me what my dream was and what it means – or you’ll be torn limb from limb and your houses destroyed…” Picking up in Daniel 2:17-18, “Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened. He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.” When he was in trouble and needed true friends to pray with him, Daniel found the three men whom he knew like none other. He had a history with these men, and he called them by names that few others in Babylon knew them as; Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
Some of our F3 culture is, admittedly, peculiar – like calling each other by nicknames. But I love it. That nickname marks you in a distinctive way, and those who identify you by your alias know you as few others do. We know you as a man who is willing to time-and-again slide from his warm bed to better himself and his friends. We don’t care about your career, your education, your stuff – or your mistakes, your history, your insecurities… Instead, we value your authenticity, your humility, and your determination to get better in all facets of life. Your vulnerability during a Word impresses us more than your physical intensity during the Q. We know you as few others do.
In the gloom, the relationships are as exceptional as the names are unique. I know that men named Erector and Snaggletooth will get out of bed and do burpees with me in the lightning and pouring rain. Men named Mailbox and Rocket challenge me to be the best version of myself that I can be – physically, relationally, spiritually. Men named Samaritan, Slappy, and Guardrail pray for my family and pray that I will be more like Christ each day. Those men all know that KickFlip is praying for their vitality and he has their back during any trouble that may come their way. If help is needed, I hope I’m at the top of their call lists.
Out here, you are known in a unique way – which is why you are known by a different name.
MOLESKIN:
Don’t blame me…blame Erector!
Prayers for Rocket and his mother, for Spotter/Gump and their mother, for the health of each other’s families, for each other’s patience
Hat tip to Brad Raby
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