F3 Knoxville

Opposite

Asylum AM

THE SCENE: Nice evening, temps in 60s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
10 Burpees, 20 Side Straddle Hops, 8 Pinto Twists, 8 Twisties, 5 Taradactials forward and backward, 10 Windmills.
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the large southern parking lot just east of the outdoor chapel.

We will run four corners, doing the following exercises in each corner:  20 Hello Dollies, 20 Flutter Kicks, 20 Bicycle Kicks, 20 Box Cutters.  Rinse and Repeat.

Mosey to the perimeter trail that is close to the pavilion.  We will head east and then north on the perimeter trail, doing Run-Ten-Tens.  In honor of Rin-Tin-Tin we will bark three times before we get started.  We will do ten Big-Boys and ten Merkins, then run for 10 lights and repeat the exercises.  After doing the sets of exercises three times, the leaders circle back to the six.  We then start the pattern again.  We will stop once we reach the benches at the top of Cardiac.

At the benches we will rotate between 20 bench dips and 20 Jump Squats, repeating the pattern two times.

Mosey to parking lot opposite of the AO.  We will run from one curb down the long side of the parking lot to the other curb.  At the far curb we will do 10 incline merkins.  At the near curb we will do 10 decline merkins.  Rinse and repeat.

Mosey to AO.

MARY:
50 Baby Crunches (4 ct).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 men, no FNGs.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Opposite of What We Expect

As Christmas approaches, I think of the Christ that I worship, the man that Christians call God, King of Kings and Savior – and, I am amazed at how this Christ is so much the opposite of what the World expects a God to be.

  1. We would expect the King of Kings to be born in a castle.  Jesus was born in a trough for cattle.
  2. We would expect this Prince of Peace to surround himself with the religious leaders of his time, well-known men, wise men.  Jesus takes on fishermen, unknown men with little wealth as his disciples.
  3. We would expect the savior of the world to live and minister there for a long time.  Jesus dies at age 33 having only ministered for three years.
  4. We would the Holy of Holies to speak to the leaders and most respected.  Jesus ministered to all who had ears to hear and that included prostitutes, the blind, and the disrespected.
  5. In a world that looks on the rich and famous as lucky, Jesus said “Blessed are the meek, the poor in spirit and persecuted.”
  6. We would expect a King to slay his enemies or at least beat them down.  Jesus says to turn the other cheek.
  7. We would expect a King to have his servants to bow down before him and adorn him with the best of clothing.  Jesus, instead, acts like a servant, washing the feet of his disciples.
  8. We would expect our God to demand respect.  Jesus dies on a cross, allowing others to taunt, beat and spit on him.
  9. And, after such a death, we can expect to lose hope.  Jesus rises from the grave, allows us to touch his wounds, and says He is life everlasting.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Rooney’s mother who is having surgery this upcoming Monday.