Conditions: 36 degrees, 90% humidity, Winds” SSW 2, darkish
8 PAX gather on the shores of Lake Murray to celebrate YHC’s return to the Anchor Q.
Today’s musical selection is a fitting tribute to kettlebells:
The Garmin tells me its 0515, so here we go, disclaimer, opening prayer, and circle up for:
COP:
- 10 Windmills (IC)
- 10 TTT’s (IC)
- 30 LAC’s (15 each direction) (IC) (do not let arms pass parallel)
- 15 Overhead Claps (IC) (do not let arms pass parallel)
- 15 Raise the Roofs (IC) (do not let arms pass parallel)
- 15 Dirty Bird (IC) (do not let arms pass parallel)
- 15 Crossed-eyed seal claps
The Main Thang:
Today we celebrate Newton’s First Law of Motion which states that a body at rest will remain at rest unless an outside force acts on it, and a body in motion at a constant velocity will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force. YHC is the outside force, the goal is to be in a constant state of motion for the remainder of the workout.
Circuit Training:
Each circuit follows the same pattern. Reps begin at 5/25 then ladder by 5s to the inverse, 20/5.
Close out with farmer carry around the flag then Around the Worlds while waiting on the 6.
- KB Swing / Merkins
- KB Squat / Dead Lift
- Tricep extension / Curls
- Napalms / Bent-over Rows
Make your way to the picnic shelter:
- 50 Calf Raises (OYO)
- 10 Step ups each leg (OYO)
Rally for COT, BOM, and closing prayer.
Naked Moleskin: Great effort by the Anchor contingent. Thanks for allowing me to return as Q. It has been a while since I have posted at the lake.
F3 Name Chain: Romy Nos: Born in England, graduated Ohio State; CIU – seminary; enjoys volleyball. Prince Charles, Wolverine, Spike…Spiker!!
Praises and Prayer Requests:
- Weedeater’s mother (surgery today)
Announcements:
- Anchor needs Qs, signup!
- F3 (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fs) lunches and activities are a-plenty. Check Twitter and the website for details. In fact, there is a whole lot going on, so check the website and Twitter often for updates. Another good place to look for updates/info is in the announcements of the posted Back Blasts.
Devo: from Our Daily Bread
Beyond Words
Today’s Scripture & Insight:
2 Corinthians 12:1–10
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) was one of the church’s most celebrated defenders of the faith. Yet just three months before his death, something caused him to leave unfinished his Summa Theologica, the massive legacy of his life’s work. While reflecting on the broken body and shed blood of his Savior, Aquinas claimed to see a vision that left him without words. He said, “I can write no more. I have seen things that make my writings seem like straw.”
Before Aquinas, Paul too had a vision. In 2 Corinthians, he described the experience: “[I]—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things” (12:3–4).
Paul and Aquinas left us to reflect on an ocean of goodness that neither words nor reason can express. The implications of what Aquinas saw left him without hope of finishing his work in a way that would do justice to a God who sent His Son to be crucified for us. By contrast, Paul continued to write, but he did so in the awareness of what he couldn’t express or finish in his own strength.
In all the troubles Paul encountered in service to Christ (2 Corinthians 11:16–33; 12:8–9), he could look back and see, in his weakness, a grace and goodness beyond words and wonder.
By: Mart DeHaan