THE SCENE: pouring rain, 40°
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Delivered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Grasshopper, Baby Arm Circles, Harry Rockets, 8 Count merkins (not as good as Butterknives counting Monday)
THA-THANG:
Quickly ran for cover in the ‘circus’ tent behind the building that makes an appearance in nearly every picture.
While one HIM did a farmer carry around the building (lap 1), around the tent (lap 2) and rifle carry down the stairs and back) the remaining HIM’s did rounds of the following
Since last week there was so much moaning about abs, we did more:
Cross Knee Planks, Heavy American Hammer, Torture Tucks, Heavy Big boys. CMU paddleboats, 1 Up 2 Down (Really slow, really big flutter)
Then Legs: Heavy Squats, Wall Kicks (minus the wall), Bonnie Blair, 4 Way lunge
Then we switched to Arms: Curls, Merkins, Dry Docks, Donkey Kicks
Finally we rolled some 8 sided dice for more core, arms and legs.
MARY:
No time for it and it was really dang wet.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I am not a professional …. and that applies to this topic as well. I am NOT a therapist.
I’m not good at Loss, Lament or Listening. But we are out here to get better where we are weak. No man left where he is, right?
We are good at some aspects of grief – I’m so proud of how F3 Knoxville has collectively mourned the loss of Cardinal. We are good a doing grief. 170 show up for a memorial workout. GoFundMe climbs to 100k in a week. We buy t shirts. Make videos.
But we are not good at verbalizing grief. First to God. out loud. Nor are we good at sharing it with brothers.
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”
Psalm 55:22 ESV
Next Level: be more like David. Have the courage to ask questions we can’t answer and ask them with someone hurting.
“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Psalm 10:1 ESV
Can it get awkward? Yes. Lean into that.
What if I say the wrong things? What if I forget? that information is a burden. What if I can’t carry it?
What if I don’t have the right response – (they are not looking for a response – they are looking for connection.)
What if I make them cry? What if I cry? How do you hold it together? YOU DON’T!
We have that point of connection in Christ. Sin keeps us from being able to connect… but as we journey closer to Christ, less obstruction, more connection, more healing.
I don’t know what “science” says about growing your EQ… but in Christ, your ability to Empathize will grow. We have the Holy Spirit.
It’s what I want to work on. By God’s grace we all can become better listeners. Better at Loss and better at Lament with one another.
MOLESKIN:
Continued prayers for Andrea, Cardinal Jr and Evie. Prayers for Jen and Rob as they have 9yr old John’s funeral Thursday
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
VQ from Trash Panda on Friday!