THE SCENE: Cool, clear morning with a hint of light on the horizon
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Check
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo squats, Little baby arm circles, tempo merkins, seal squats, overhead claps, cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Hit the pool wall for a few wall-ups on the way to the recruiting center.
Played memory with my attempt at a deck, one team one fight. Card flipper flips tire while others run a lap.
MARY:
Too Slow
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I have been reflecting on the connection between fruit and seed. In Genesis 1:11, it calls out specifically “Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.”” So I have been connecting references to fruit to the idea of seed.
The fruit is a product of the tree which is used to judge the tree. Luke 6:43-44 “ “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit.” This naturally translates to say that good fruit contains good seed and bad fruit contains bad seed. Thus, the fruit of each tree serves to reproduce or multiply that tree.
This idea really popped to me when I applied it to the popular memory verse Galatians 5:22-23 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.” I had never considered how this speaks not just to self evaluation, but also to the way that I influence the world around me. If I produce good fruit, the direct benefits are only part of the picture. That fruit leaves behind the seed, providing the opportunity for reproduction and multiplication. Just like with physical trees, this expresses itself slowly and not every seed will take. But the more good fruit we can produce, the more good trees we will leave for our children to eat from.
MOLESKIN:
Didn’t finish the game of memory, even though we got some help from a weak shuffle.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill on October 2. Porkchop Express still has 2 slots open!