Jack Webbs – A merkin with 4 Overhead Claps(1:4, 2:8, 3:12, 4:16, 5:20, 6:24, 7:28, 8:32, 9:36, 10:40)
Wall Sits while each HIM does 20-25 Curls for the Girls
Balls to the Wall – 60 Second Hold if you drop, Plank for the 6
Mike Tysons – 11s On the wall 10, mosey to fence for 1 Big Boy, always keep 11
That Darn Train – 10 Burpees
3rd F
Try surrounding yourself with the right people and support groups. If you start to surround yourself with the right people, you will find yourself making better decisions, choices, and heading down the path of better outcomes. For me, I want to spend more quality time with my family. So that means, I am taking a break from InstaGram. That social media outlet took too much of my time away and I would find myself stepping away from them to check out what was going on. Why? I am going to be more present and enjoy those moments while they are still in my house, because in a blink of an eye, they will be in college and moving out starting a life of their own. So the next time you think that you need to check that Icon on your phone, think again. If you think you aren’t feeling like showing up to F3, I challenge yourself to find a fellow HIM that can be a HIM who can hold you accountable for showing up.
Another 10 Burpees for dropped American Flag
Mosey to Parking Lot
Bolt 45
Toy Soldier Set
Name-o-Rama – Sweet N Low, Ace, Mr. Mom, Deep Lure, Quattro, Roscoe, Mad Dog, and T-Rex on Q
Prayer Requests – Doodle, and the soldiers who lost their lives on duty, and those HIM who hit the fartsack.
20 seal jacks i/c 20 Windmill i/c 20 seal waves i/c 10 hip circles each direction oyo 20 plank jacks i/c 20 mountain climbers i/c 20 mountain man pooper i/c
The Thang
Each HIM grabs a 2 coupons
Start at 10 and work our way down
Blockeys Bent over Rows ( both sides) Curls Chicken peckers ( b2w shoulder tap, double count) Abyss merkins
Transition between sets; Karaoke Murder bunnies Nur Farmer carry out, Murder bear back
3rd F Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier stand watch 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in any weather. Sentinels, who volunteer for this post, are considered the elite of the elite 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), headquartered at nearby Fort Myer, Virginia.
After members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment become ceremonially qualified, they are eligible to volunteer for duty as Sentinels at the Tomb. If accepted, they are assigned to Company E of The Old Guard. Each soldier must be in superb physical condition, possess an unblemished military record and be between 5 feet, 10 inches and 6 feet, 4 inches tall for men or 5 feet, 8 inches and 6 feet, 2 inches tall for women, with a proportionate weight and build.
Would-be Tomb Guards must first undergo an interview and a two-week trial. During the trial phase, they memorize seven pages of Arlington National Cemetery history. This information must be recited verbatim in order to earn a “walk.”
If a soldier passes the first training phase, “new soldier” training begins. New Sentinels learn the history of Arlington National Cemetery and the grave locations of nearly 300 veterans.They learn the guard-change ceremony, the manual of arms, and methods for keeping their uniforms and weapons in immaculate condition.
The Sentinels must pass multiple tests to earn the privilege of wearing the silver Tomb Guard Identification Badge. First, they are tested on their manual of arms knowledge, uniform preparation and walks. Then, they take the badge test, consisting of 100 randomly selected questions from the 300 items memorized during training. The would-be badge holder must get more than 95 percent correct.
The Tomb Guard Identification Badge is a temporary award until the badge-holding Sentinel has honorably served at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for nine months. At that time, the award can become a permanent badge, which may be worn for the rest of a military career. The silver badge is an upside-down, laurel-leaf wreath surrounding a depiction of the Tomb’s front face, the words “Honor Guard,” and figures representing Peace, Victory and Valor. Over 600 Tomb Guards have earned the badge since the late 1950s.
The Tomb Guards work on a three-relief rotation; each relief has one commander and about six Sentinels. The three reliefs are organized by height, so that those in each guard change ceremony look similar in appearance. The Sentinels wear the Army dress blue uniform, reminiscent of the color and style worn by soldiers during the late 1800s.
Welcome to the first beatdown at Aegis of 2024! 13 HIM beat the fartsack for a burpee breakdown. Lunchable, Biddie, @quattro, Sink-o, Pick, @looney-tunes, @whirlybird, Mr Mom, @semi, Spaceman, @trex, @ruxpin, @chattahoochee, and @yukon were those in attendance.
Burpees in all forms
Warm-O-Rama – 24 SSH, 12 Windmills, 15 Dancing Bears, 15 Cherry Pickers, Mosey to Georgetown Middle School (not the shortest possible route)
24 Burpees – Jail Break to the next sidewalk
24 Squats – Karaoke to the next sidewalk
24 Merkins – Karaoke to the next sidewalk
24 Thrusts – Nur to the last sidewalk
24 Jump Squats
3rd F
24 Jump Squats – Nur to the next sidewalk
24 Thrusts – Karaoke to the next sidewalk
24 Merkins – Karaoke to the next sidewalk
24 Squats – Jail Break to the last sidewalk
24 Burpees
Wosey across the parking lot
Mosey back to circle (not the shortest route)
4 more burpees to make it an even hundred for the morning
Thursday I was listening to a podcast called 3 of 7. It was the first time I had listened to this podcast that had been suggested to me by the gentleman I’m running my 100 miler with as well as my cousin. I looked through the titles and saw one that had “running a 100 miler” in it and chose it. At one point they were telling the story of two of them running a 100 miler together. At mile 60 the one of them that has run many 100 milers realized that even if they kept the pace they were running there was no way they would finish the race in the allotted time. After confirming his suspicions with their crew he started a conversation with his running buddy. There was a choice to be made. Do they keep running the pace they were going and get wherever they get or do they pick up the pace, work really hard and try to finish the race the way they wanted to. They decided to work hard and finish the race. They did finish but it took a lot more work to do so than it would have if they had set out with a purpose from the onset. Then they made this analogy. How often do we see people live their lives and get to the 60th mile (their 40’s) to realize that they coasted through the early miles and are now in jeopardy of not finishing their race (life) the way they wanted to? Now they have to bust their butts to try to accomplish the things they had planned when they were younger. How much easier would their race have been if they had put in more effort early on instead of coasting through life. The big takeaway is that everything we do today affects how or if we finish our race. The choices we make/made in our late teens, twenties, thirties (and for some of us forties) affects where and how we finish. It doesn’t matter if we are talking about fitness, career, faith or anything else the things we do today affect our finish.
Bolt 45’s – 15 squats full up to half way down, 15 squats half way down to full down, & 15 squats full motion. All completed IC as a 4 count.
Monkey Humpers – 10 IC
SSH – 20 IC
Windmills – 15 IC
American Hammers – 20 IC
Cherry Pickers – 20 IC
Mosey @.1 miles to Holy Hill
The Thang
1st & 10 Routine per the Exicon…Well sort of….:)…..Perform 10 burpees and 1 merkin. Nur up the hill and run down. Perform 9 burpees and 2 merkins. Nur up the hill and run down. Perform 8 burpees and 3 merkins. Nur up the hill and run down. You recognize a pattern developing here. Pax took a break for the 3rd F (see below) after completing the round of 5 burpees and 6 merkins. After the break for the message, all HIM completed the rounds down through 1 burpee and 10 merkins with a final Nur up the hill and the run down.
Mosey @.1 miles back to CHOP.
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust. Prayers were offered for multiple needs within the attending PAX, but please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayers.
There’s a reason so many of us grandparents are overcoming our technophobia and venturing into cyberspace. We get to see pictures of our grandkids as soon as they’re taken!
There’s that hilarious photo that our son sent me. It was a picture of our then one-year-old grandson sitting on the kitchen floor with a fork in his hand. Oh, yeah, with a lemon-meringue pie splatted on the floor next to him. He’s looking at the camera with an expression somewhere between “uh-oh” and “what’s the problem?”
Then came the story with the picture. Dad and big sis were outside, and Mom had to leave the room briefly. As she left, she said to our seven-year-old grandson, “You’re in charge.” Which apparently was interpreted as, “Keep playing your video game.” That’s when Terminator Toddler made his move to the pie on the counter above him. The law of gravity? Well, of course, that provided a very valuable assist.
That’s when Daddy – the event photographer – walked into the room. As he surveyed the mess on the floor, big brother made a proud announcement, “Guess what, Daddy? I’m in charge!” All Daddy could think was, “You sure you want to own this mess, son?” Strange as it may seem, I’m actually thinking about that little drama as a personal parable early in this new year.
I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “How New is Your New Year?”
I wonder how many times that would be a picture of imaginary conversations between God and me as He surveys that mess right in front of me? And there I am saying, “Guess what, Father? I’m in charge!” And He must be thinking as He looks at the damage, “Yeah, I could tell you’re in charge, Ron.”
So how new is any new year really going to be? Especially in the parts of our lives that are messy, confused, tense, and troubled? It may all depend on who’s in charge. I’ve found that the messes are usually in areas where I’ve hijacked the wheel from God and decided to take charge myself, often without even realizing it. Then I hear the echoes of a haunting question from God. It’s in our word for today from the Word of God in Galatians 3:3 – “After beginning with the Spirit” (that’s the Holy Spirit) “are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?”
When I’m facing something that I can’t fix or change or control, I desperately turn to Him and I say, “Jesus, take the wheel!” But somewhere along the way, Mr. Control takes it back. And that’s where the messes come from. A new year, a fresh start, usually makes us reflect a little on things that aren’t as they should be; in our marriage, our family, our finances, maybe our relationships. Maybe it’s our lifestyle, our love life, our walk with God.
If you see a mess in a part of your life that you’re looking at right now, consider whether you have moved Jesus to the margins and said, “I’m in charge” effectively making you “Lord” of that part of your life instead of Him. That’s when He asks that disturbing question, “Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?” (Luke 6:46).
The realization that I was never meant to drive my life; that’s the first step to beginning a relationship with God; the very relationship you were made for. And when you realize that the mess of your life, the guilt of your life, the shame of your life, the hurt we’ve inflicted is because we’ve taken our life and done it our way instead of His. That’s called SIN in the bible.
And you’re ready at that point to say, “I need a Savior. I need a Rescuer from this sin.” Especially when you understand that the Bible says that sin carries an eternal death penalty, which Jesus loved you so much that He paid on the cross when He died for your sin. And He walked out of his grave; He’s alive. He can walk into your life this very day at your invitation and forgive that sin, and erase it forever.
If you’re ready for that next step that makes that possible – a new you – you can find some answers at our website ANewStory.com. I hope you’ll go there. Maybe this new year is time for new management.
20 seal jacks i/c 20 seal waves i/c 20 plank jacks i/c Side shuffle around circle, switch facing direction halfway 10 hip circles each direction oyo 15 Michael Phelps i/c 15 mountain man pooper i/c Toy Soldier halfway around circle, lt dan the other half
The Thang
Patriot run to Ruxpin’s distillery by the way by the railroad tracks
15 hanging knees raises oyo
Mosey to field by church
Ultimate frisbee – 2 teams of 5 Turn overs – 5 merkins. Total – a lot! Touch downs – 5 burpees. Total – 30, 35
3rd F
WHY DOGS LIVE LESS THAN HUMAN
Here’s the surprising answer of a 6 year old child.
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle.
I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we couldn’t do anything for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for the old dog in their home.
As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to observe the procedure. They felt as though Shane might learn something from the experience.
The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat as Belker‘s family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.
The little boy seemed to accept Belker’s transition without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together for a while after Belker’s Death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that dogs’ lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, who had been listening quietly, piped up, ”I know why.”
Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his mouth next stunned me. I’d never heard a more comforting explanation. It has changed the way I try and live.
He said, ”People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life — like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?” The six-year-old continued,
”Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don’t have to stay for as long as we do.”
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn things like:
• When your loved ones come home, always run to greet them. • Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. • Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure Ecstasy. • Take naps. • Stretch before rising. • Run, romp, and play daily. • Thrive on attention and let people touch you. • Avoid biting when a simple growl will do. • On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass. • On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree. • When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body. • Delight in the simple joy of a long walk. • Be faithful. • Never pretend to be something you’re not. • If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it. • When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.
That’s the secret of happiness that we can learn from a good dog.
Grab a block and run around Strawberry alley back to the CHOP parking lot. Pax will complete 20 Merkins each side with one hand on the block. Pax will utilize the block and the curb to complete 20 abyss merkins. Pax will complete a Lt Dan for approx. 50 yards up the hill toward Strawberry Alley utilizing the block before moseying around the block back to the CHOP parking lot for 20 American Hammers double count with the blocks followed by 20 Big Boy Sit-ups with the blocks. Leaving that pain station each Pax will complete a 50 yard murder bunny up the hill toward the Strawberry Alley corner with the block before moseying around the block back to the CHOP parking lot. A break was taken for the F3 Message. All Pax will mosey up the hill to Mill Street stopping at the corner to complete a Bolt 45 set with the block in cadence. Pax will continue the Mosey around the block from Mill Street back to CHOP parking lot where each Pax will complete 10 Alabama Ass Kickers and 10 Blockees.
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust. Please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayers.
When our son was playing high school football, he looked like the tattooed man at the circus, with bruises all over his body. He always dreamed of playing football. And he had his dream, but he paid a price. As soon as practices started in August, the coaches had those players running ’til they almost dropped, and hitting, and tackling, and straining, and sweating. Some guys quit because it was just too much. Finally, the season began – and his team started winning – a lot. I remember one incredibly rowdy victory celebration on the bus home after they had managed this 20-0 shutout. He had weighed the pain of playing against the pleasure. What he concluded may help you weigh yours.
I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “The Payoff For The Pain.”
Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Romans 8:17-18 – written by a man with plenty of bruises for taking his stand. But when he weighs the pain of his commitment against the pleasure of the payoff, there’s no comparison. Paul say, “We are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs – heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in His sufferings in order that we may also share in His glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
Now that was the conclusion of spiritual warrior Paul. Now here’s what our football player concluded when he weighed the pain against the payoff. He told me, “Dad, the feeling of victory is worth all those hours of practice. You didn’t think so when you’re slugging it out in practice, but it is.” Same conclusion. The victory more than makes the pain worth it. But there is one major difference between his equation of football-suffering and Paul’s equation of suffering for Christ.
Our son said, “Unfortunately, the pleasure of winning doesn’t last very long.” That was true–15 hours of practice a week for a few hours of joy. But when it comes to the pain-and-victory comparison in Christ, the opposite is true. Paul said any hurt we have here is like minutes compared to the forever celebration of victory we’re going to enjoy.
But right now you’re in practice, and you don’t feel very victorious. It hurts. You’re under a lot of pressure; you’re trying to do what’s right but it doesn’t seem to be working. And maybe God has trusted you with the assignment to show His joy and His love in the midst of physical suffering. Or perhaps you’re paying a price for the stand you’re taking. It’s tempting to compromise, to back off, maybe to give in to despair, or even to quit.
Remember, God will record your faithfulness so He can reward your faithfulness 100 times over! If you decide what to do based on comfort or convenience, you will never know the thrill of ultimate victory.
Our son said the suffering was “worth it all.” Those words make me think of the values-clarifying words of a great old hymn. “It will be worth it all when we see Jesus. One glimpse of His dear face, all sorrow will erase. So gladly run the race ’till we see Christ.”
That kind of outlook enabled the Apostle Paul to have a very different perspective on his hurts. He says in Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” And then in verse 37, “In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us!”
So take the hits that you’re getting in practice right now. The victory will be so glorious you will soon forget the wounds. Don’t quit now. The practice is just a little while – the party is forever!
HIM runs a Lap, other does Curls until lap is complete
HIM runs a Lap, other does Shoulder Press until lap is complete
HIM runs a Lap, other does Flutter Kicks until Lap is complete
HIM runs a Lap, other does Dips on Bench
3RD F How to Attack Problems and Overcome Insurmountable Challenges by Allan Stormon VP of Marketing at Ceros
I remember when I used to feel sorry for myself. I used the problems in my life to fuel my excuses and self-pity. We read about how true champions use problems and challenges as motivational drivers on the path to success, I was doing the opposite. It was spiralling out of control, to the point that it makes me cringe to reflect back on this behavior. I was diagnosed with a chronic disease (non life threatening), and in my mind I revelled in the thought that someone might have an ounce of sympathy for me. Maybe they’ll take pity on me and give me a break because I was dealt a bad hand.
When I didn’t get a job I wanted, even after 6 months of applying and interviewing, I felt sorry for myself. Why me? I thought. What did I do to deserve this? When was I going to get mine? I was dealt a bad hand. Even something as simple as my lack of progression as a musician — I would get frustrated if I felt I was moving slower than I thought I should. Other musicians were doing much better than me. Again, I felt sorry for myself. Why can’t I be as good as the others? Why was I dealt a bad hand?
It was a destructive pattern. When things didn’t go my way, when a problem arose — whether large or small — I thought the world was against me.
Find your perspective
Too often, we get stuck in the day-to-day grind and can’t see the forest for the trees. Our problems feel overwhelming. We don’t approach them with the right perspective. Maybe you’re dealt a bad hand on occasion. Heck, maybe you’re dealt something horrific that is truly life-changing, do the same to whatever you’re facing. In fact, it might be a healthy challenge for you to overcome that helps you in the long term.
Perspective is all around us. You don’t need to look far to see people who are dealing with far greater challenges than you. Millions of people sleep rough in the frigid cold every night, families are displaced by conflict, children have to walk miles to find clean water, people are handed devastating diagnoses every day.
There are a million ways it could be worse.
Challenge yourself to power through problems with positivity
Challenge yourself to put your problems in perspective and tackle them with deliberate action and positivity. The weight of a problem gets worse with the more angst you assign it. If you believe a problem is insurmountable, it will be.
But if you attack it knowing that things could be worse, I think you’ll find yourself toppling your problems methodically, maybe even with a smile on your face. It might not be easy, but it’s certainly better and more effective than revelling in your own self pity.
Bolt 45
Lt. Dans length of parking lot
Toy Soldier Set
50 LBCs
25 E2Ks both sides
15 Big Boys
Prayers – Ruxpin’s M, Hump Day’s M, and Mr. Mom’s safe travels
On the 60th Anniversary of his death, this routine is designed to celebrate JFK’s commitment to physical fitness, leadership, and resilience in a positive and respectful manner.
Warm-up:
Side Straddle Hops
Dynamic Stretches (5 minutes):
Cherry pickers
Arm circles
Imperial Walkers
Marilyn Hip Circles
Knee Circles
Round 1
Team up with Someone Team will complete:
• Dealey Plaza Mosey around the Parking Lot.
• “60 Bay of Pigs” Burpees.
ROUND 2:
3 Rounds of 20 = 60
1: 60 Cuban Missile Crisis Jumps:
Box jumps (20 reps) to symbolize the agility and quick decision-making required during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Use the Bleachers
2: 60 Dips
ROUND 3
Grassy Knoll Challenge:
Sprint Uphill (Grassy Knoll):
Sprint Downhill and uphill representing the challenges JFK faced during his presidency.
At top of hill hit the deck for 10 Merkins.
Complete after 6 rounds(60 Merkins)
3rd F
Quick Timeline of the JFK Assassination:
If you look at photos in the 1950s and early 60s men wore hats.
John F Kennedy was so popular that men stopped wearing hats!
“In 1964, the year the Warren Commission issued its report, the New York Times
published five stories in which ‘conspiracy theory‘ appeared.”
• According to his son, and his friends. Bobby Kennedy did not believe the Warren Commission:
Official Treory 1. Only one shooter Lee Harvey Oswald.
The Bullet was found on Governor Connelly’s Gurney.
Bullet was just sitting there.
Bullet was Not Distorted.
Why was there no repercussions against Cuba?
Things we didn’t know at the time of Warren Report in 1964:
The Warren report was given the task to fit the evidence to fit the official story.
LBJ was great friends with Herbert Hoover. Head of the FBI
The Route was changed at the last minute.
JFK was always in pain and wore a backbrace.
Lee Harvey Oswald worked with the CIA
His murderer Jack Ruby also worked with the CIA. Not revealed until 1975
Thomas Arthur Vallee – a very similar patsy in Chicago
M1 rifle 500 rounds of ammunition.
Worked on secret U2 program in Japan.
He got a job with a window with a perfect view of the motorcade.
3 other snipers were arrested by the secret services as well.
Abraham Bolden- the first black person to guard a president did not understand why all of the security was so lax and why the Secret service guys were drunk all the time of Chicago trip and the Dallas trip.
Tried to contact the Warren commission but could not get through. May 17, 1964
May 18th he was arrested trying for “to sell secret documents”.
While in prison, his garage was burned down, a gun shot went through his window.
When he spoke to Jim Garrison, he was put into solitary confinement.
In 1995 AARB the Secret Service destroyed all info about the plot was destroyed
Alan Dulles head of the CIA was fired by Kennedy.
As head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the early Cold War, he oversaw the 1953 Iranian coup d’état, the 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état, the Lockheed U-2 aircraft program, the Project MKUltra mind control program and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He was fired by John F. Kennedy over the latter fiasco.
Alan Dulles was then Put on the Warren Commission.
Along with Future President Gerald Ford.
OPERATION NORTHWOODS
The CIA was going to fly an unmanned passenger jet via remote control over Cuba and blow it up and Blame the Cuban government.
How do we know this?
In the 1992 Assassination Records Review Board disclosed this document
The Assassination Records Review Board was an independent federal agency created to oversee the identification and release of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
OPERATION NORTHWOODS was vetoed by Kennedy.
16,000 U.S. military personnel were in Vietnam.
JFK was withdrawing troops when we he was assassinated.
11/22/63 JFK Assassinated
August 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin
Unseen North Vietnamese “ships attacked” two US ships.
2/21/65 Malcolm X Assassinated
4/4/68 Martin Luther King Assassinated
6/5/68 Robert Kennedy Assassinated
LBJ Leaves office January 20, 1969
Closing thoughts from Roger Stone:
Q: What is the lesson from the murder of John F. Kennedy?
A: Government lies. The government that lies to you about the JFK assassination will lie to you about Benghazi today. It will lie to you about healthcare today. Citizens need to be skeptical about what the government says. Prior to 1963, most people thought the government was trying to help them and tell them the truth
50 Air Squats – Run Lap, 40 Plank Jacks – Run Lap, 30 Bonnie Blairs – Run Lap, 20 Merkins – Run Lap, 10 Burpees – Run lap
3rd F Quote – G. Michael Hopf “Hard Times create Strong Men. Strong Men create Good Times. Good Times create Weak Men. And Weak Men create Hard Times.” This made me think of the man who was supposed to be on Q this morning but Duty Called. I bet he would rather be here with us fellow HIM but was called to work. I know some HIM decided to Fartsack and each one of us has to decide whether or not to show up in the morning and make that commitment. What are you going to do today?
10 Burpees – Run Lap, 20 Merkins – run lap, 30 Bonnie Blairs – run lap, 40 Plank Jacks – run lap, 50 air squats – run lap. Plank for 6
Train made a sound – 10 more Burpees
Mosey back to the MVFD
50 LBCs, 40 Flutterkicks double count, 30 Big Boys, 20 American Hammers double count, 10 4-count Freddies.
Name-o-rama – Hoss, Run-a-way, Sweet N Low, Fuglystick, Quattro, Ace, and T-Rex on Q
Bolt 49’s – I lost count but it was supposed to be as follows… 15 squats full up to half way down, 15 squats half way down to full down, & 15 squats full motion. All completed IC as a 4 count.
Windmills – 15 IC
EMT/Firefighter Chet Reynolds walked by our workout during our time at the Firehouse. Everyone wanted to stop to say Hello to Chet.
Mosey to Oh Hill No
The Thang
The Modified Slugger & Toy Soldier Routine. Crawl Bear up the Hill and Bear Crawl down and complete 20 Diamond Merkins, 20 wide armed merkins and 20 Hand Release Merkins. Nur up the Hill and mosey down and complete Aiken legs – 20 squats, 20 box jumps, 20 lunges (10 each Leg), 20 split Jacks (10 each Leg). Inch worm up the hill and Nur down and complete a Toy Soldier Set 100 LBC’s, 50 E2K’s each side and 25 Big Boys.
Mosey back to the CHOP.
Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama, and the Circle of Trust. Prayers were offered for multiple needs within the attending PAX, but please keep all our HIM in your thoughts and prayers.
Hope is hard to come by during the “winter” seasons of your life, like the loss of someone you love. Sometimes someone close to you dies suddenly, and the grief is almost unbearable. You are overwhelmed.
You are able to talk about the hope factor when your life is anchored to a personal relationship with the one who created you. You can know that death cannot ultimately win. Death is reduced to being a painful interruption. It can be very painful, but only an interruption.
In 1 Thessalonians 4:13 of the Word of God, it talks about those who have already died. It says, “We do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men,” listen to this, “who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.” Verse 17 says, “We who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with those people in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.” Notice it says “…we do not grieve as others who have no hope.”
The winter will not last. The reunion in the spring is sure to come and will last forever. This is because Jesus died to remove the great separator of sin; the sin that separates us from God and from each other. Jesus conquered death the moment He walked out of His grave. He assures those who belong to Him that they will share His victory over death. Jesus is the living Savior who gives eternal life to those that are His.
So what is hope? It’s the confident expectation that there is something better than this. It’s what gets you through an otherwise depressing winter. There will be a spring. What you see isn’t what you get! Maybe it’s winter for you right now. The pain, the struggle, and the wounds are very real. If what you can see now is all there is, the outlook is bleak, but this is not all there is if you belong to Jesus.
The Bible describes it this way, “Christ in you, the hope of Glory” ( Colossians 1:27). Do those three words describe you in Jesus – Christ in you? Your relationship begins the day you do what the Bible says, “To all who received Him, to those who believed in His name He gave the right to become the children of God” ( John 1:12). As the Bible asks so beautifully, “If God is for us who could be against us?” ( Romans 8:21).
If you’re short of hope, there is Jesus. The very hopelessness of this winter you are in could be the very thing that drives you to His waiting arms and to the hope only this living Savior can give. With Jesus you can live in real hope. The confident expectation that there will be something better than this is guaranteed by the Son of God Himself. He will bring the spring.
