AO: asylum-pm
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Mr Jinxy, Dung Beetle, Curveball, Rooney(Carl Whipple), Pele (Jon Lindberg), High Heels, Franzia, Crash Dummy, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Pusher
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: 20 Side-Straddle-Hops, 10 Deconstructed Burpees, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Rockettes, 10 Windmills, 10 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, 7 Little Baby Arm Circles and 3 Pterodactyls Forward, 7 Little Baby Arm Circles and 3 Pterodactyls Backward.
THE THANG: Mosey to the Stop Sign on the Southeastern Side of the Admin. Bldg. We will stop to do 20 Hello Dollies.
Mosey to Rocky Balboa Circle. We will stop to do 20 Rock Balboas.
Mosey west on the main park roadway and turn into the parking lot by the new pavilion close to the ball fields. Mosey to the end of the pavilion where the picnic tables are located. We will stop to do 20 Picnic Table Pull-ups, 20 Bench Dips and 20 Decline Merkins.
Mosey on sidewalk down to the area close to the water there is a dock and metal picnic tables just above the dock. We will stop at the rock pile. Each man picks up a CMU weight rock. We will do the following exercises with the rocks:
– 20 Overhead Presses
– 20 Triceps
– 20 Curls
– 20 Rows
– 20 Chest Thrusts
Next we will head east on the perimeter trail. We will run for five lights and mosey for two lights, continuing that pattern until we reach the southeast end of the soccer fields.
Next we will sprint across the soccer fields to the northeast end of the soccer fields.
Mosey to Muscle Beach. We will do 10 Step-ups on the concrete area near the monkey bars, then do a 20 second hang on the monkey bars. Rinse and repeat.
Mosey to parking lot by the soccer fields. We will sprint west, stopping at each of the first three sidewalks to do five Carolina Dry Docks. We will then Bernie Sanders on the parking lot perimeter, stopping to do five sit-ups at the next crosswalk and five more sit-ups at the stop sign near the main park roadway.
Mosey back to the Rocky Balboa Circle. We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to the circle on the south end of the Coliseum area. We will stop to do 20 Flutter Kicks.
Mosey to the Coliseum Square. We will stop to do 20
American Hammers.
Mosey to the stop sign at the northeast end of the Admin Bldg. We will stop to do 15 Squats.
Sprint up the Admin Bldg roadway to the AO Flag.
MARY: No time today!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ten Year Anniversary Convergence on November 8 at the Asylum. We start at 7 am. There will be breakfast afterwards. We will also have a social on Friday, November 7 at Xul Downtown from 6 to 9 pm.
COT: Message
Message
You Have More Sin Than You Know
Psalm 130: 3.
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
On Sunday at church our preacher, Shaun Slate, talked about the passages in the bible from the book of Samuel where David, the man who had pleased God and became King of Israel, lusted for a married woman, Bathsheba. He had those who served him make her come to him. And, he essentially made her have sex with him which led to her pregnancy. He tried to cover up the pregnancy by making sure Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, went to bed with his wife again so that when she became pregnant he would think the child was his. But, Uriah was busy and couldn’t get home to his wife. David then had Uriah go to the front of a battle, knowing he would be killed. Uriah was killed so that David was essentially a murderer. What this man did was horrific. And this was a man who had served God so well, who had done so many good things.
Our preacher pointed out that the human response, the response that most of us would make is to think, “I would never do such a thing.” But as Shaun Slate pointed out, at the right time and under the right circumstances, we too are capable of such sin. As the song by the rock group, Yes, says, “It can happen to you, it can happen to me, it can happen to everyone eventually.”
While in church during the summer I got to thinking of some of my sins that I and even others thought I was incapable of. Some are funny to think back on. Some people call me a mild-mannered guy. But I can think of a time when I was coaching Upward Football. Upward Football and Upward Basketball are religiously based programs. Coaches of the students are supposed to reflect Christ as coaches, being a model to both the kids and families attending. The kids I was coaching were 2nd and 3rd graders playing flag football. The coaches were allowed to be on the field with the kids as the kids were young and we could help them out. Well, on the day I have in mind, the coach of the team we were playing was stretching the rules of the game to give his team a definite advantage. I won’t go into details but it was really unfair. I called the coach out on it. He just smirked and kept it up. Well, that got me boys. Old Lily was riled up and ready to go and he let that other coach know it in no uncertain terms! In the heat of the moment, that coach and I were ready to fight. Fortunately, the head of the whole program was watching the game. He ran out into the middle of the field and separated us, asking what in the world we were doing! Here I was, ready to fight. What a model of love and virtue.
I bring this up as a funny example, but there are other examples of sin from my life that I am too embarrassed to talk about in front of all of you. I have told only a few, including the Lord and my wife, Jan. I still look back on some of those acts and shudder. If you closely consider you own life I am sure each of you can find a few moments that you are ashamed of yourself.
In the passage from Psalms above I didn’t read the verse that comes after verse 3, the one that says “If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities Lord, who could stand?” The very next verse, verse 4, says “But with you there is forgiveness.” I am so thankful we have a Lord who forgives us. We have more sins than we know but God knows. After some of my deepest sins, I wanted to hide them. Guys, I don’t think I could have lived with myself if I had hid them. Thank God that I didn’t. The answer is not to hide those sins. The answer is to go to Him, repent, and ask His forgiveness. Also, go to the one you hurt and ask their forgiveness. By recognizing and admitting to our transgressions, we become better men. We are better able to overcome our transgressions and be the High Impact Men God wants us to be.
Prayers
Prayers for our brothers Brick and Lizzy, each who have gone through difficult times in the last year. Prayers for all of us who need forgiveness and for those willing to forgive. And, prayers for Pluto and his son, Crankbait, who I just learned was in a serious accident today and will have surgery.
