A WHOLE MAN

"Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them." Deuteronomy 11:16 I read the story of a man who took a slip of paper and wrote upon it only three letters spelling "G-O-D." He showed it to his friend, who was plainly overcome with greed and the worship of wealth. He took a coin, and after having placed the coin over the slip of paper, asked his friend the same question from a different perspective, "Can you see God?" Of course the man’s friend said that he could not. So it is with all men and women in this life. Whatever things that we place in front of God will block our view of God. Especially in this day and age with technologies like the internet nearly everything we can imagine can be bought from our fingertips. Now I am not saying that objects are evil, or even that the desire for things is wrong. The point that I am trying to make is that when our passions, motivations, desire, will, and purpos...

“Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. 16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.” 1 Timothy 4:15-16 (NIV) As we approach the 6 month mark since the inception of this blog and I wanted to take some time to look at where we were and compare it to where we are now. It is always a good idea to look back at where you have come from in order to ensure that you have not lost your original focus and that you are improving. I wrote in my first post that the purpose of this blog is to help motivate me to grow physically and spiritually and to provide encouragement to others who want to do the same. So let's take a look. Physically, I have made leaps and bounds in my training. I have PR’ed every movement and have been consistent in reducing the time and increasing the reps of the workouts I have done. For those of you reading/following...