• When: 4/29/17
• Where:  The Dragon
• QIC: Walker
• The PAX:  Carna Asada, Copperhead, Red Ryder, Chernobyl, Yogi, Malware, Rasta, Triple Double, Hands, High  Pockets, Car Shark (FNG), Redwood, Walker (Respect)

13 strong men, young and old, posted on this muggy Saturday morning at The Dragon.  We worked hard and also talked about the word of the month, Sacrifice.

The Thang:

• Warmup:  Slow mosey to field behind the school.  Side Straddle Hops, Windmills, Morracan Night Clubs, Downward Dog, Upward Dog, various stretching movements.  I talked about the need for using correct form and demonstrated the proper technique to use for each exercise.

COP:  (1) Body Squats, Merkins, 20 reps each, 5 rounds: (2) Jump Squats, Diamond Merkins, 20 reps each, 5 rounds: (3) 180 Jump Squats, Merkins, 10 reps each, 5 rounds: (4) Body Squats, 10 reps, Blast-Off Merkins, 5 reps, 5 rounds: (5) 5 Prison cell merkins (15 actual merkins), (6) Heels 6 inches off ground between rounds for 1 – 1.5 minutes,  Total:  300 Squats, 290 merkins, 3-4 minutes of heels 6 inches off of ground.

Naked Man:  Since the word for the month is Sacrifice, I spoke about a particular scripture that gets to the heart of the matter, Psalm 51:17:

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

It is well and good and biblical that we sacrifice and put the needs of others ahead of our own.  However, Psalm 51:17 is speaking about sacrifices that are more profound and appealing to God.  We are depraved and wretched men – not one of us is good (that’s why Jesus sacrificed his life for us). What God seeks from us is a sober accounting of ourselves and the inward reflection that actually brings us to see our fallen condition from God’s perspective.  Once we embrace our absolute depravity and start actually seeing our sin for the severe offense it is to God, then Godly sorrow that leads to true repentance can be achieved.  The broken spirit and broken and contrite heart that is spoken of here is actually that point in life that we become sorrowful to the point of tears for the sins that we commit against God.  This sorrow cuts to the soul and our very essence and produces true repentance which God will not despise.  Therefore, as we move forward in life, let us seek a broken spirit and broken and contrite heart because these “sacrifices” are pleasing to God and draw us much closer to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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Walker Out!