Working Out

As most of you know, one of my passions, hobbies, joys is working out. It really is a part of who I am. As a child I was an athlete and tom-boy from the get go and continued that through high school and one year of college where I was the starting third baseman. By God's design, I quit college and worked fulltime but the work out bug never left me. For ten years now I have been an aerobics instructor but even before that sports had played a major role in my life with softball and volleyball leagues. I truly believe that we MUSt take care of God's temple which He has entrusted to us. I know that some of us are plagues with chronic health issues which prohibit our ablility to get active, but we still need to do the best we can where we are atl, that's all I am saying. It seems that we entrust everything else to the Lord and take our stewardship very seriously until we come to our bodies. Somehow, we think that good stewardship it not so very important. In fact, many peoplwequote this scripture which I read today, "discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present and also for the life to come". 1 Timothy 5: 7&8.

Far be it from me to argue with the inspired Word of God!!! But people use that as an excuse to NOT take care of their bodies and that is not at all what it is saying. In COMPARISON, disciplining your self for the purpose of godliness is MORE profitable because it "holds promise for the present life AND for the life to come, while disciplining your body only profits you here and now and later as you age.

And don't think I am "holier than thou" when it comes to taking care of my body. I splurge just like the rest of you. In fact, Grace and I made these chocolate souffle's last night that oozed warm chocolate when you cut them open and then paired that up with Breyers French Vanilla Ice Cream! To die for! This scripture, however, just hit me in a new way today. As much effort as I put into working out, I need to put more effort and focus into growing spiritually than I do in working off those calories I ate last night, not that that's not important, as well.

But let me ask the questions which you can answer to yourself or write me: How much effort DO you put into working out your body and/or your Spirit? Have you been neglectful of one or the other?

Gig Photos

Sam's band, September Sets Fire, played at The Connexion. This is actually a church which opens up as a coffeehouse and allows kids to come in and have a place to play their songs. Some song were Christian, some weren't. There were all kinds of acts, Stand up comedy, violinist, etc. But geared towards the young generation and very casual come as you are as most coffeehouses are. I had never heard of this place before but Mike knew the pastor, nothing new there! It was very cool and the food and drinks were free.

So, Sam's band gets up there in the second half of the "show" and I just didn't know what to expect. I mean, I REALLY never thought they would ever play anywhere and it would die out before too long. The band gets started and Sam starts to sing and... HE"S PRETTY GOOD! He has a real nice tone quality and was on pitch the whole time except when he went into his head voice a few times. He acts as if he has been doing this all his life and that it was not big deal at all. I look at Mike and he looked at me and we both started to giggle and just sat there truly amazed! They did two songs total and then we took off. There were a few acts left that had already played in the first half and it was already close to 10:00. Anyway, here are some photos...it was very cool and as you can imagine we were very proud!