The Patriot, a staple F3 AO in Rock Hill with so many great options for a work out, how do you choose just one?  This morning Sapper and I (Nunchuck), received the honor of leading the Q for this great AO location.  Sapper decided on 6 locations utilizing all the open fields in Cherry Park.  We arrived around 6:15am to layout the plan and place cones in the strategic locations.  The Goal for this Saturday morning was almost like a miniature Spartan run.   Sapper selected four team captains, then we numbered off to build 4 individual teams with the Captains responsible for calling the workouts at each location.   Drifter gave me 4 old tires that we used as coupons that had to be 2-man carried from location to location.    Each Team had a different Order they had to run the course in, so there were never two teams at once at a single location.

Workout consisted of:
Stop 1)  25 Side Straddle Hops,  25 Imperial Walkers, 25 Wind Mills, 25 Overhead Claps, 25 Moroccan Night Clubs,  all counted In Cadence
Stop 2)  25 Merkins,  25 Derkins,  25 Irkens
Stop 3)  2 Minutes Partner Assisted Big Boy Sit Ups, 2 Minutes Little Baby Crunches,  1 minute Partner assisted Feet Push Downs
Stop 4) 20 Squats called In Cadence followed by Zombie Walk across the field and back (roughly 100yrds x’s 2)  (That was fun after all the squats)
Stop 5)  10 Burpees,  Crab walk across the field and back,  10 Burpees,  Bear Crawl across the field and back, 10 Burpees  (I noticed somebody shortened up the cone layouts, so I assume the bear crawl was a crowd pleaser)
Stop 6)  Wheelbarrow – Partner Assisted Cone to Cone then Run back,  Low Crawl cone to cone (mimic a barb wire crawl)
Return to AO,  (where we can witness bloody elbows and knees and the pax wringing sweat)

Upon returning to the AO, I circled the group up and delivered a brief word based on a story I recently read.  I opened it up by talking about a Heart full of grace.   Terra Storch unfortunately learned a lot about the heart and grace in a tragic way.  In 2010 her Daughter Taylor died in a tragic ski accident, thus being thrust into every parents worst nightmare.  Her and her husband decided to donate Taylors organs to patients in need.

For Patricia Winters, this was grace that she desperately needed and gave her a fresh start on life.  Terra had 1 request though, she asked to be able to hear her heartbeat.   So a few month after the transplant surgery, Terra and her husband flew out to Phoenix to meet Patricia.  After a long embrace, Patricia gave Terra a stethoscope, and to her amazement she hear her Daughters Heart Beating for the first time since she lost her.   Now her heart dwelt in a new body, but it was her daughters heart she heard nonetheless.

Galatians 2, v20; Paul tells us, It is no longer I who lives, but Christ who
Colossians 1, v27;  Christ In You, The Hope of Glory
Paul mentions Christ Abides in him 216 times, so this is a major part of what Christ does for us when we are part of his grace.

In John, chapter 8, it opens up with the story of the Lady caught in the very act of Adultery.  The morality police of the day couldn’t wait to shame her and thrust her in the crowd where Jesus was teaching.  Hey, Hey, looky what we have here teacher….This woman was caught red handed!!!!  The Law of Moses says we Stone Her….What do you say.   What did Jesus do?  He stooped.  He knelt down, lower than anyone there.  The “holier than thou” thumpers looked down their nose at the lady they couldn’t wait to accuse, but they now had to look even lower to see Jesus.  They kept on, making a fuss, until Jesus Stood straight and tall between the woman and crowd, and calmly said, OK, go ahead, Stone her.  But let you who have never sinned throw the first stone.   Ooops!  Ouch!!  The PC Police didn’t see that one coming…

Have you ever messed up?   I know I mess up, daily.  Even when I try my best, I still screw up.   One, by one her accusers dropped their stones and left.  Finally it was only her and Jesus.  Jesus stood and looked and said, hey, what’s this, where did your accusers go, is there nobody here to accuse you?  She said, “No Lord, not one”.  To which Jesus said, “Neither do I, no go and sin no more”.  That’s Grace.

1 John 5, v19 says, We know we are of GOD, and the WHOLE World lies in control of the evil 1.
Revelations 12, v9-10 calls Satan, The Dragon, The Serpent of old, The Deceiver and GREAT ACCUSER.

This ole world is full of people that are quick to show your faults, accuse, point, blame, cast judgment, steal and crush you dreams, rob you of your peace.   However, for those that know Christ, you have received grace.  Christ lives in you.   When God searches your heart, who’s heartbeat does he hear?   Does he hear the heart beat of the world, or does he hear the heart beat of Christ who lives in you?

-Nunchuck