THE SCENE: Post rain but a not too cold 43 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side straddle hop x 25
Cherry pickers x 5
Tempo merkins x 10
Tempo squats x 10
Mountain Climbers (4 count) x 15
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the coupon pile
- 1 block for every 2 HIMS
- Circle up, shoulder to shoulder, facing outward and on your 6, pass the block to clockwise for approximately 1 minute.
- At the break, those with the blocks do bench presses. Those without do squats for approximately 30-45 seconds
- Circle up, pass the block to counterclockwise for approximately 1 minute.
- At the break, if you did bench press last time, do squats and vice versa. (1 round complete)
- 2 rounds completed
Mosey to the large parking lot between the coupon pile and the flag
Parking lot suicides
At each line:
- 5 head, shoulders knees and toes with merkin (modified to 3 after 2 rounds)
- 10 monkey humpers
- 5 get ups
Mosey to the flag
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Sometimes when we are facing an enemy, our effort to do right feels like we are just passing a coupon around in a circle, not building anything. Sometimes it feels like heads, shoulders knees and toes…lots of motion but no movement.
I became a Christian when I was 26. For 16 years, I enjoyed life without enemies…not a single one. That peace was broken recently and it has been the single biggest challenge of my faith to date. Maybe it was Satan attacking me or maybe it was providential that I should prepare for it but I taught a class at church about ‘Dealing With Enemies.’
The key to dealing with any challenge, including an enemy is Romans 12:18 – If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. This takes away the excuse of what they have done to you or how they react or ignore your efforts to reconcile. I simplified that to myself as ‘I can’t say anything or do anything that would keep me from asking them to have a Bible study in the next breath.’ This is ultimately handling the situation in a way that is beyond reproach.
In context, vs 18 is surrounded by additional guidance: Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. 17 Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. 19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 “But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Be beyond reproach.