working it out

this morning was cool... me and lauren worked out. She officially hates me now. But on our run back, God really showed me a truth about how to do life made by a parallel I came up with. (I didn't even come up with it. i didn't even intend to say it) Check it out...

We began our workout by fueling up... we didn't start until about 6, but i had taken half a bagel and about 16 oz of water at 5. 

she didn't.

 so she had it around 5:45. She hadn't really done that before her workout so it was already a little different to workout with me for her. We ran to the gym, did legs, shoulders and abs, then ran back. Because she normally didn't eat anything before she worked out, she didn't really like how she felt and said she wouldn't eat before again. I told her to eat earlier (like and hour before) but you've got to eat. 

i told her that we are asking a lot out of bodies right now... we said: "body, wake up at 5 in the morning when you would rather be sleeping, run to the gym while you'd rather be sitting down, lift weights while you'd rather lift the remote and then run back while you'd rather not have gone at all! And oh yeah... i'm not going to give you anything to fuel you." that's too much to ask. our bodies need to be empowered by the fuel that food and water provides. 

We can't put ourselves through so much harsh training to not replenish what was taken out. We can't require so much of it to not fill it back up.

It's kinda like ministry... we ask so much of our volunteers. we must invest back into them. find ways to refuel them and energize them. give them the tools and the fuel to continue to endure the stress we put them under.

It's kinda like how God is... he has placed such an amazing call on our lives. to go into all the world and to carry His name to all those who need to hear it. To bear a cross everyday, to be a disciple of Christ. How could we do it with out God himself pouring himself into us. He fuels and refuels constantly with the indwelling of His spirit. He understands that these days are trying and challenging, but he doesn't allow us to endure what we cannot handle and we never face it alone. 

isn't that sick?

Acts 4:31  "after they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly."