19 pax logged some miles around #TheWood on a muggy spring like morning before the return of the Polar Vortex (Part II). Pax went here and there, pax went everywhere. Some ran hills, and OnB. Some went XL, some chose regular. Either way you were there unless you weren’t and then you were not. You were missed. Nice work by the pax and a great turn out. Keep it going and lets carry it on to another cold week.
Announcements
BenGay has the Q at Epicenter tomorrow. Support him and give him a good crowd at the Mothership.
Next week we lead the 3rd week of Saluda Launch. Boot Camp is 0700. Flossy is QIC. Be great to have a #ClownCar or 2 make the trek. Lets meet in the Shipyard Parking lot and roll out a little before 0600.
Various running events coming up.
Prayers
Sugar’s Sister in law, GoldRush and his family after the tragic fire in McCormick
NMS
Large group of pax out today to log some miles. Good to have a few pax back out that have been out for a little while.
A few pax went XL
Judge Judy came in HOT right as disclaimer was finishing up.
The usual banter and mumblechatter.
Devo (Modified and summarized from Dads, Be the Hero by Jim Daly)
We talk about our moms as the center of the family. And in certain critical way, they always will be. But as fathers we have just as important a role to play in the lives of our boys and girls that goes beyond carrying the family’s mantle of leadership. We must get back to the father’s traditional roles of provision and protection. Look at the bible and you will find that love, the secret to fatherhood, often gets explicitly tied to sacrifice. Corinthians 13:7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Romans 12:1-2 I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is-His good, pleasing and perfect will.
The lord wills that we be good fathers to our children and husbands to our wives. Is this manliness just brute power and strength and might? Or does it say, “I’m going to lay down my life for you?” On the surface, sacrifice can feel weak and powerless, but it’s not. It’s powerful. Christ may have looked weak and powerless on the cross during his moment of ultimate sacrifice, and yet that sacrifice remains the most powerful act the universe has ever seen.
It’s another paradox.
“We are at our strongest when we lay down our lives, even in small ways, for our wives and children-maybe especially in small ways”
It’s hard to do. We get into arguments because we don’t always do it well. But I guess that’s why it’s called a “sacrifice”
When you look at healthy families, you see one common characteristic-sacrificial men.
Men who take time out for their kids-even when they’d rather do something else. Men who talk with their kids-even when some part of them just wants to watch the football game. Men who deal patiently with their kids-even when they’ve got to mop up the spilled milk from the floor for the third time that week. When men do the right thing for their families and offer that life-giving sacrifice, it pays big dividends. The families that result from that kind of fatherly commitment enjoy robust health.