THE SCENE: Balmy 34, clear and still
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
- Squats
- Gradey Corns (OH+Seal claps)
- Merkins
- Mountain climbers
- Hairy Rockettes
THA-THANG:
- Mosey to the pool wall – 10 wall ups
- Mosey to the playground – max pull ups
- Mosey to amphitheater – 10 box jumps
- Mosey to recruiting center
- Stations – 1 minute, then rotate, 2 full cycles
- Black Betty – Dead lift and Rows
- Dumb Bells – curl and overhead press
- Dumb bells – chest and lunges
- Tire flip
- Sledge tire
- Tire throw
- Slam ball – Slam and High throw
- Plank makers (man makers without merkin)
- Heavy Big Boys
- Heavy Flutter Kicks
- Stations – 1 minute, then rotate, 2 full cycles
MARY:
Made it back to the flag at 6:15 sharp
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As part of Kickflip’s challenge, we are reading through the Q source week by week. This week we read about Getting Right. As I reflected on the reading, it seemed to me that the process it describes seems too linear. Rather than getting yourself totally right, then solving the fitness problem, then the fellowship problem, and finally the faith problem, my experience has been that this is the right order, but they repeat. By seeking God, I see that I am not right, so I work on getting right. As I progress in this, it bears fruit in my fitness, fellowship and faith. But then, as my relationship with God improves, further un-rightness is revealed, and I have no choice but to begin the cycle again. So, rather than thinking of a linear process of incrementally getting myself all worked out and perfect, it seems more like a spiral upward, with circuits of getting right, and working on my fitness, fellowship, and faith. Each cycle translates me further onward, but while some aspect of my life might appear to be in good shape at this moment, further growth will be demanded.
Matthew 12:43-45 – 43 “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. 44 Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. 45 Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.”
I heard an interpretation of this parable that seemed to fit with this idea. If you go through the effort of getting yourself right (getting an impure spirit out, you might say), you have to be careful not to leave that space empty, but you need to fill it with a family. Otherwise, that unclean spirit will move back in with a few extra friends, and you’ll find yourself worse off than you were. That’s why we need the full cycle, we begin by putting out the unclean spirit, but then we need to immediately begin refilling that space through fitness, fellowship, and faith.
MOLESKIN:
Next time I will pull together a princess playlist!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Family workout is GO for Saturday, 9 am at the normal AO. Check out the opportunity for giving that Judge posted on the main page in Slack (also linked on the project page).