Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, Baby Boomer, Drano, Anchorman, Eliza, Crawlspace, slappy, Honeydew, MacGruber, Lizzy, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Dumpster Dive
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
Neck Stretch
SSH
Run in place/high knees/butt kickers/jump rope
Imperial Walkers
Cherry Pickers
5 Burpees
THE THANG:
Mosey to the track and make one lap through the bleachers and around to the front southwest corner of the football field.
Line up across the goal line. We will start a group of exercises, each one called out by the starter. We’ll go in a series of upper, legs, core. Everyone will start the first round. For example, we will all do burpees. While everyone is doing the exercise, the man closest to the sideline will carry a football to the man on the farthest end of the goal line, hand it off and bump him down to the next man in line on the far end. The football will continue to get passed off until the last man has received the ball and finished back where the ball started.
That man will then call out an exercise (of the next target)
and start the process over again. We’ll repeat this until everyone has started and called out an exercise.
Parking ultimate football for the remainder of time.
COT:
For those of you that have been here recently when I’ve Q’d, you might recall that in our COT’s, I’ve challenged us who claim to be Christians, to be different from the world.
A couple of weeks ago, I read from one of my favorite passages in Philippians 4 about centering your mind on things true, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise. When we make these things the center of our thoughts, it’s hard to be anything other than at peace and with thanksgiving.
On that note, Thanksgiving is tomorrow. A lot of us will be spending that time with friends and family. Young and old. Close and distant. Brothers and cousins. Mom’s and uncles. Dry and bubbly. Hilarious and infuriating. I challenge every one of you to truly be thankful at this time. This life is fleeting and we have no idea what tomorrow brings. My prayer for each of us is that we spend this time being light. BE. A. LIGHT.
I read a book 2-3 years ago called “A Gentle Answer: Our ‘Secret Weapon’ in an age of us against them” by Scott Sauls. The book was call for those who claim to be Christians to pivot our hearts towards Jesus, and how we engage a hostile world. A lot of times that hostility comes from our very own family and close friends. It was a very thoughtful, encouraging and challenging book. And, it came to my mind as I was thinking about this week and the opportunity we have.
I highlighted some quotes from the book and here are just a few…
“While true faith is filled with holy fire, it is a fire that is meant for refining and healing, as opposed to dividing and destroying. If our faith ignites hurt rather than healing upon the bodies, hearts, and souls of other people—even those who treat us unkindly—then something has gone terribly wrong with our faith.”
“Jesus’ gentle answer was bold and costly. His gentle answer included pouring out his lifeblood and dying on the cross. Our gentle answer will be costly as well. We must die to ourselves, to our self-righteousness, to our indignation, and to our outrage. Christians are a light to the world only to the degree that they stand out as different from the world. The world does not thirst for a religious imitation of its often-outraged self.”
As we leave here today, ask God to show you His light and ask him to help you be a reflection of that. Let’s be different. Let’s not be so quick to speak but let’s listen. Let’s ask hi Jim questions and make eye contact. Let us breathe and offer kindness and empathy. Let’s show everyone around us where our faith and trust lies. I’m praying for all of you and your families.
Happy Thanksgiving!
