First week back in the gym....

This past week has had as many challenges as there have been highs.  It's been six months since the end of Yorton Cup, let's just say enough time passed to where I forgot just how difficult the re-entry is.  Not sure of Hubbie's weight........but the cuts are all coming back into view.  Patience in the gym is key, the weights seem a little heavier than two weeks ago and somehow a change in scenery becomes necessary.  The outpouring support from the members of Gold's Gym Arlington helped keep up the mood despite the stop-watch ticking off breaks in-between sets too quickly!  One particular member, whom we call Jack (82 years young), sent us this email that I just had to share:


Thanks for the informative Fitness Newsletter. I will look forward to future issues. Along with more happy congratulations on winning FIRST PLACE in Richmond here are  a few Biblical references to high respect for our “body”: Philippians 1:20 My deep desire and hope is that I may never fail my duty, but that at all times I shell be full of courage so that Christ would be magnified  in my body. (Body here refers to our “whole being” including the physical. The early non-Greek  Christians did not always follow the Greek concept of  mind, body, soul.)

I Corinthians 6:15 ....your bodies are parts of the body of Christ.

I Cor. 9:24-27...every athlete submits to strict discipline...hard body to win the prize...

Romans 12:1...by the mercy of God present your bodies a living sacrifice to God.

Paul also talks about our having a new body following the event of death..

Best wishes for a good day.

I will see you at the gym,

JT

It never ceases to amaze me how the universe sends you messages, even though we are not highly religious, I've learned to stop and appreciate the random act/gestures that shape our souls, thank you Jack.