More Lessons From the Gym...

I'm not sure if there are really this many ties to spiritual things from the physical, or that my mind just jumps to hyper-speed during the exercise process. Either way, I came up with a couple of more thoughts while at the gym this week.

1. Working out is more easily done by one's self, however, more is accomplished when accompanied by another. This point was driven home to me today... HARD! See Jordan had been busy all week setting up his new office. So, I decided to continue on my own. I did the work. I mean, I didn't miss a day, I stuck to the routine, etc. What I found today was that more benefit can be found when there is an accountability partner, and someone pushing you farther than you want to go... I think this is illustrated in Proverbs 27:17. During the other days this past week I noticed other guys in the gym who weren't lifting quite as much as me, etc. I began to feel pretty good about myself... Isn't that what we, as Believers, do so very often? We come into the church-house on Sunday looking at anything or anyone except our Example, Jesus Christ! We seem to be doing okay, but wait until He steps back into your life and snaps you back to His reality (Holiness)... Just as Jordan stepped back in today and snapped me back to his reality (pain)!

2. A small mistake leaves one feeling very badly. Last night on the way home from "For Life" Ember sweetly asks from the back seat, "Daddy (she had me RIGHT there), can we have some pizza (of course, "pizza" was said with the cutest little lisp)?!" What could I say, "No"? Of course not! I had to get my hungry daughter something to eat, right!? Well, probably so, but I certainly didn't have to order a large pizza for myself! One little mistake... that left me feeling oh so badly! This morning the extra cardio that had to be done because I couldn't tell myself no last night! Isn't that the way our lives are? Something that looks so good on the front end, tastes so good on the tip of the tongue, or seems so harmless ends up costing so much. We know this to be illustrated so well in RU Principle #3 that states, "It is easier to keep the heart and mind clean than it is to clean it after it has been defiled." Lat night and this morning I became living proof of the truth in this principle!!! Wish I hadn't have, but I did!

Just some thoughts,

-R