THE SCENE: 60 degrees &perfect in the gloom
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
- Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 10
- Side Straddle Hops (IC) X 20
- Baby Arm Circles Forward X 10 followed by Michael Phelps
- Baby Arm Circles Backward X 10 followed by Michael Phelps
- Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT X 10
- Diamond merkins X 20
- Hand release merkins X 20
- Mosey to Sophomore Hill
THA-THANG:
Sophomore Hill at Fitness Center – Up & Downs – Partner Workout – One partner worked while the other ran up & down the hill. Switched every lap.
- 50 burpees
- 100 BBS
- 200 Merkins
- 300 Squats
Behind Maintenance Building – Coupon Pile
- 25 Overhead Press
- 25 Curls
- 25 Bentover Rows
- Rinse & repeat for 2-3 rounds
- Mosey to AO
MARY:
- Calf Raises (for 2 minutes)
- Flutterkicks (IC X 20)
- Pickle Pounder Pops (IC X 30)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIMs including Southerland from F3 Cleveland, Ohio who was in town due to a death in his family.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In the movie, “The American President” the president, played by Michael Douglass says:
“America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You’ve gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say, “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.” You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country cannot just be a flag. The symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free.”
Tonight, 500 or so students will graduate from Hardin Valley Academy. Some of them are going to kneel during the national anthem with one possibly being my daughter. One of her best friends is black and my daughter has seen her being discriminated against because of the color of her skin. I’m all for a peaceful protest but do not believe it should be during the national anthem. I’m not sure what will happen but my daughter & I are going to discuss it today.
Our country is so divided & people can’t seem to respectfully “agree to disagree” when we don’t agree on some issue. Our society has lost its ability to have a civil conversation about what’s important to us & respect someone because they disagree.
The solution starts with us. Each of us needs to stand up for what we believe while being civil & loving our neighbor. That doesn’t mean we don’t say what we think but say it with respect for the other person. Our world needs us to listen, lead & love now more than ever.
John 15:13 ESV / 78 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Matthew 22:37-40 ESV / And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
“…if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP on July 18