That’s my before and after pictures from my workout this morning. (I’ll let you guess which is which.) If you’re not familiar, the Murph is a workout to honor Lieutenant Michael Murphy who died in Afghanistan after his team was compromised. He died a hero and we honor him with this {intense} workout. Most cross fit locations honor the workout on #murphmonday.
I always participate from home, because my gym is not a cross fit workout center. I also sub my pull ups for 100 sit ups. (My pull ups look like Jane dangling from a tree right before Tarzan saves her.)
A couple mistakes I made:
1. I did yoga the day before. During the first mile run, I was pretty sure my calf muscles were going to fall out of my leg-serious cramps.
2. I didn’t eat before I ran. Energy and time were poop.
3. I stayed up til midnight making a dress. Pictures to come later. #worthit
4. I didn’t bring water with me on my run. Duh!
I’m used to doing 30-40 minute workouts 5 days a week. To do a workout this long and strenuous kind of beat me up. I wanted to quit or slow down or pass out…whatever came first. But I didn’t. You know how when you run or workout, you get A LOT of thinking done? This was great timing for that today. I couldn’t help when running to think if life’s race-how easy it would be to quit, slow down, or even pass out.
Alyssa Howard quoted Pastor Rick Warren in her blog and it was so fitting for me today, “God could have kept Joseph out of jail, kept Daniel out of the lion’s den, kept Jeremiah from being tossed into a slimy pit, kept Paul from being shipwrecked three times, and kept three Hebrew young men from being thrown into the blazing furnace, but He didn’t. He let those problems happen, and each of them was draw closer to God as a result.”
Ellie had her own trial this past week. She had her hair in curlers getting ready for her dance recital.
As she was waiting for them to set, she was reading a book. Her brother thought it would goofy to tap the book from behind her and scare her. Side note-he’s positive that he is The Hulk, and doesn’t know his own strength. He knocked the book right as she was pulling the book close to her and the corner of it went up in her right eye. They both screamed. That eye kept pouring for hours, but she said it felt better, so we went on to the recital. In every dance, when the light hit her eye, it poured.
After the first dance, I went back to Check on her, expecting the worst, and she said, “I’m having so much fun!”
I said, “How’s that eye?”
And she said, “It feels fine. When I see the light it waters.”
“You know, you don’t have to finish the recital. Your teacher will understand.”
“No! I’m gonna dance. I love to dance”
“Okay, well if you have any fears, let me know.”
“I do,” she said.
I turned around real quick, “What is it?”
“How bad is my mascara running?”
Lessons from a 4 year old. She kept pushing through the recital. This mama was so proud of her. Somebody else was proud of her to.
Life is full of obstacles that are hard to push through. They may not come in the form of mile runs and squats, but they may feel that way. Our muscles must become weak first before they become strong. Same with our heart. Our heart must become soft before it can grow strong.
Allow God to soften your heart this week in any area that it may need to be softened. One of the most uncomfortable things to do is to thank God for our weaknesses. Where we are weak, He is strong.
And try the Murph. It’s worth it-the next day.
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