THE SCENE: 68 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Blurted out at 0529 so we could squeeze every last minute of fitness in. No FNGs…you all know the drill.
WARM-O-RAMA:
- Phelps
- Fence steppers
- Grady corns
- Finkle swings
- Cherry Pickers
- Willy Mays Hays
- Merkins
- Mountain climbers
- Down/up dog
THA THANG:
- Mosey to the guardrail. 20 bulgarian split squats (10 each leg) + 20 Dips + 20 Derkins
- Mosey across the street to JUCOmanjaro. Mosey up the hill to a cone. Stop for some merkins and flutter kicks, then back down the hill.
Give each man a playing card. When I say “go” – sprint up the hill toward the cone. The first man who makes it there will turn around at the cone and come back down. When that man passes you, lay your card down where he passed you, then come back down the hill with him.
Back at the bottom…we do some Mary and a short rest.
Time for another sprint up the hill. You know how far you made it last time (where you laid your card down). You can make it farther this time! When your legs and lungs are aching, dig deep and keep going.
- Mosey to Tune-Up Salon. 7 of diamonds with…
- Diamond Merkins
- Iron Mikes
- Burpees
MARY:
3 minutes of Mary – dealer’s choice
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Me, 14 of the best men I know, and two of the best 2.0s I’ve ever known
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I combed my hair this morning…because every third Friday in August is “National Men’s Grooming Day”. So, that’s what we talked about…grooming.
Of all the books in the New Testament that are attributed to Paul, the book of 2 Timothy is believed to be his last writing. Paul was imprisoned in Rome and knew that he would be executed soon. In writing to Timothy, Paul warns him about types of men that he should avoid. Paul says to avoid men who are arrogant…abusive…ungrateful…treacherous…reckless… he names 19 characteristics of men to avoid. The last of those is “have nothing to do with men who have the appearance of godliness, but deny its power”. Men who have an appearance…who created and maintain a façade…men who groom themselves to look like something that they are not authentically. Avoid that type of men. We talked this morning about how we can avoid being the type of man who grooms himself to try and look like something that he is not.
In F3, we use the acronym EQV. It’s short for the Latin phrase, “Esse Quam Videri” – “to be, rather than to seem.” To BE…rather than to seem. All these things that you are called to be as a HIM – faithful, trustworthy, kind, supportive, generous – to strive to genuinely BE them in your core, not just to seem to be them. EQV means your motives and thoughts match your actions. We are striving to be the Real Deal.
“To be, rather than to seem.”
Here’s the hard question: Is there an area of your life that you’ve groomed yourself to have an appearance of something instead of genuinely being?
I have two.
- I want to BE a fully devoted and faithful husband. By that I mean not only outwardly…not just 99.9% of the time… but also in every action…in every secret thought…in every private moment… Truly faithful at all times, in all ways, in my very core.
- I want to BE an authentic friend. Not just the appearance of a friend – but a real, genuine, valuable, friend. That requires me to be transparent and vulnerable with my friends. It also requires me to speak hard truths to my friend about his missteps, it requires me to hold him accountable to a high standard*. None of those I enjoy – but they are what an authentic friend does.
I’m working on those things. How about you, BB reader? Will you do some work today on living authentically? Work on BEING instead of SEEMING. Not groomed, not appearance, but the genuine real deal.
Proverbs 10:9, “The one who walks in integrity will experience a fearless confidence in life, but the one who is devious will eventually be exposed.”
MOLESKIN:
*Hat tip to Guardrail for being this kind of friend. After a time I was Q a few weeks ago, he caught up with me and corrected me on an important point I made during the BOM.
PRAYERS / ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for BK’s uncle, for Guardrail’s daughter, Dart’s father, Shrubbery’s friend, for Wingman’s family.
Passing the shovelflag at The Project on Tues.
