F3 Knoxville

Blimps and Politics

THE SCENE: rain, wind, and mid-40s at JUCO.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10 SSH, plank jacks, tempo merkins, tempo squats
THA-THANG:

Mosey to the court yard area. We will use the four corners including the road and the far side walk of the court yard area. The workout:  Hindenburg BLIMPS. Perform exercise at corner #1, sprint to corner #2, perform exercise. Sprint to corner #3 perform exercise. Then to corner #4, exercise and then back to corner #1. Plank it up until all have finished. That’s one round. Round 1 – 10 Burpees; Round 2 – 20 Lunges; Round 3 – 30 Imperial Walkers; Round 4- 40 Merkins; Round 5 – 50 Plank Jacks; Round 6 – 60 Squats.

We chose an audible this morning after 120 merkins and did three corners of plank jacks. Then , we headed to the pull-up bars and did two rounds of 25 squats and 5 pullups.

Mosey back to the flag.

MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 had fun in the rain and wind.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I want to share some thoughts on a topic that is much debated: our political leaders. We all have our ideas of the right way to run this country. In the last couple of years, there seems to have been even more divisive opnions than ever, if that is possible. Opinions about shut downs, masks, and vaccinations have caused so many arguments and ill feelings. Yet, it seems to be almost all that some talk about. Here is a question to consider. Is it right to bash political leaders for their decisions? Part of the answer to that question lies within another. Does doing so reflect Christ in our lives?

Romans 13:1‭-‬2 NASB1995

“Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves.”

What does this passage say about how we should speak of our political leaders? Speaking of our political leaders in a resistive manner is like speaking of resisting an ordinance of God. Jesus says that if we have sinful thoughts, it is practically the same thing as committing the sin itself (Matt. 5:27-28). We need to challenge ourselves to not fall into the temptation to let our opinions cause us to violate an ordinance of God.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP tomorrow.