It is time for yet another lesson from the gym.
I know that some of you think that the best lesson from the gym is to avoid it altogether, but this last week, I learned something new.
The new trainer with whom I am working has started a new pattern in my routine. He has incorporated a "holding pattern" in my weight training. My workout partners and I have to "hold" in a neutral position the same amount of time we are lifting the weights.
It does not seem like this would be hard, but the holding is often more difficult than the weight lifting itself. I am much more sore the next day after such a workout. I am certain that I am stronger as well because of it.
This is true in my spiritual life as well. I think "holding patterns" are MUCH harder than times of action. I think that is why there are so many instances of the word "wait" in the Bible (129).
One such example is Psalm 27:14. "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
I think it is brilliant that sandwiched between the call to wait is the call to be strong. Why? Because the Psalmist knew it would take strength to be in a holding pattern.
Are you in a holding pattern with God? Is He calling you to wait on Him in the situation you are currently facing?
The process will make you stronger (and possibly a bit sore).
Amberly
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Tick Tock
I love 24.
I admit it.
I know it is fraught with violence, stress, spicy language, and a high body count, but it is just so much fun.
It is fun to leave housework and the demands of the day for 42 minutes (we watch it without commercials) and whisk away to (in this season), to England to watch Jack Bauer save the day.
Genesis 6:9 "This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God."
Jack Bauer makes the most of the time he has. Noah clearly made the most of the time he had as well; so much so that the people that lived at the same time were struck by his righteousness.
Although I will never save the day, I hope that God uses me to display His glory through a righteousness life and a life marked by a faithful walk.
Tick Tock...
Amberly
I admit it.
I know it is fraught with violence, stress, spicy language, and a high body count, but it is just so much fun.
It is fun to leave housework and the demands of the day for 42 minutes (we watch it without commercials) and whisk away to (in this season), to England to watch Jack Bauer save the day.
Genesis 6:9 "This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God."
Jack Bauer makes the most of the time he has. Noah clearly made the most of the time he had as well; so much so that the people that lived at the same time were struck by his righteousness.
Although I will never save the day, I hope that God uses me to display His glory through a righteousness life and a life marked by a faithful walk.
Tick Tock...
Amberly
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