F3 Knoxville

The test of suffering

Equalizer

THE SCENE: chilly w/ some wet ground
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (x20); Windmills (x10); Rockettes (x10); BAC (x10 both directions); Tempo Merkins (x10); Little bit of this and a little bit of that.
THA-THANG:

Mosey to playground:

  • Pull-ups to failure
  • Merkins to failure

Lap around track.

Four corners around track:

  • 10 merkins; 20 BBS; 30 squats at each corner.

Mosey to waterpark.

  • 20 dips + 20 box jumps, then make a lap around the outhouse (x5)

Mosey back to playground

  • 15 pull-ups in cadence.  Up and then slowly went down to 5-count.

Mosey back to AO for 10 tempo merkins.

MARY:
no time fo dat
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about suffering.  I’ve had several people I’ve been walking with who are going thru some serious suffering.  Seems like we all know people in our life who are in the midst of it.  You just have to live long enough and you will suffer.

I’ve been reading thru Job.  Reminded the guys about Satan coming to God, God pointing out Job, and Satan’s accusation that Job is ONLY worshipping God because of how much God has blessed him.  So, God allows Satan to take away those blessings and Job enters probably the most extreme suffering known on earth.  Job’s faith was being tested to see if it was genuine.  Was he worshipping God for the gifts God had given him or because God was God?

Job said — “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

The test of suffering is coming to each one of us, and we probably have friends walking thru it right now.  Let’s come alongside them, pray and encourage them, and bless the name of the Lord.