AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, slappy, Anchorman, Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Slowsy to the CMU pile and on to the starting point
THA-THANG:
Need: CMU & 5 Minute Timer
40 Kettlebell Swings
40 Jump Overs
40 Thrusters
40 Elevated Merkins
Every 5 minutes: Stop, run 25 yards out, do 5 Burpees, run back.
Pick up where you left off
Count total Reps (Burpees not included)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
October 5-11. Miles for Street Hope, an anti trafficking campaign. Register online. $30.
COT:
IRON PAX. Hard stuff. Good stuff. It’s a breaking down and a strengthening. Some days it just feels like a breaking down. It’s a planting and a harvesting. It’s something not here, today, but there, tomorrow. It really is like HOPE.
This year has felt like a breaking down, in many ways. It’s just felt like a season of going through the motions. I’m still here with my hand on the plow, but it’s work. A grind. I’ve had hopes that just simply were not fulfilled and that can really throw us off. It’s thrown me off. It’s become a burden. Joy feels distant. Can you relate?
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1. What are we hoping for? I believe that God instills in us many good things to hope for. He gives us desires of the heart that are righteous and worthy. But what happens when even the good things we desire and hope for feel out of reach?
Here we are. We show up. Brothers! Keep moving. “Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” This verse came from Galatians 6 which is titled Bear One Another’s Burdens. We don’t have to have the answers but we can just keep showing up.
I say this often but I am so thankful for this group and each one of you. You’re here for me and I’m here for you. I do believe that the same God who said he would make a way in the wilderness and puts rivers in the desert is the same God who put this group together and the same God who gives us a never ending hope in Glory. Things we cannot see today.
Speaking of showing up, I want to encourage everyone here and that attends Shamrock to stay engaged. If I’m not doing something to lead our group, it does not disable you from leading it. Lunches, dinners, cookouts, hikes, bikes. I think we do a pretty awesome job of staying engaged and I just want that to continue.
The first weekend of November, I wanted to see about doing a hike/camping/cabin night or two. It looks like Sunday night, Monday night the 2-3rd might work best. I need to get something booked for at least one of those nights. I just need you to message me if you’re interested. Maybe we can meet about it in the next week?
BONUS COT (Food for Thought):
5 WAYS TO HELP YOU COPE (with all of the world tragedies and suffering) via Alan Shlemon with Stand To Reason:
Perhaps, then, we should take better care of ourselves. Here are five quick suggestions.
First, unplug from the news, internet and/or social media. This is mandatory. Set up times when you walk away without sneaking peeks.
Second, when you have a choice, avoid watching graphic videos that are shared online. You can’t unsee them and, in most cases, there’s no benefit. Indeed, they’re corrosive to your soul.
Third, spend time in nature. For example, take a hike through the woods (or just walk outside) and observe the simplicity and beauty of God’s creation. I love to notice delicate flowers or watch the gentle dance of birds in the trees. It helps me escape—for a time—the harsh reality I must eventually return to.
Fourth, pray and discern when and where you can shoulder other people’s burdens, and find friends who can help carry yours. This is a biblical mandate (Gal. 6:2).
Finally, develop a habit of giving thanks to Jesus, the one who took on our burdens. Without him, we’d be in bigger trouble and hurting even more. He encourages us to come to him and promises, “You will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matt. 11:29–30).
