QIC: @Michael Bolton
6 PAX: @Michael Bolton @JoePa.. @Huggies.. @Slippers @hokeypokey @shoe fly
pie
6 above average men of The Holy City braved the Green Way’s of the Lands
West of the Ashley.
Warm-up: Stretches on the Subaru
The Thang:
10k+ in an almost straight line (not counting the loop around Whole Foods
as an unnamed PAX took care of some business in the Whole Foods facilities.
TCLAPS to the nice woman that let said PAX into a closed store in his time
of need.)
@Harry Caray (Cubs suck) decided to save the complicated route previously
planned for you 😉
Rolling COT:
Stolen from devotional written by Pastor Scott @ Coastal Community Church:
Lament is the passionate expression of grief and sorrow. It is not a word
we often use in this day and age but it is definitely something that we all
still experience. During a season of lament we are reminded of a deep sense
that something is wrong. This something is far worse than our personal sin,
it is the widespread result of sin. What are we supposed to do with our
pain, struggle, grief, and anger? Scripture is full of wisdom from those
who discovered that those emotions can be turned into prayers of faith.
Not only does God hear and understand our pain, He is especially inclined
towards those who are hurting. The Scriptures also teach us to lament,
wail, mourn, and plead before God who will draw near to the brokenhearted.
Author Will Walker says, “Lament is not about getting things off your
chest. It’s about casting your anxieties upon God, and trusting him with
them. Mere complaining indicates a lack of intimacy with God. Because
lament is a form of prayer, it transforms our complaints into worship.”
This can be a game changer for Christians. We have the ability, through
God, to turn our physical pains into passion for Christ.
Psalms and Lamentations are filled with prayers of lament for us to engage
with. The best way for us to learn how to lament is to join in with prayers
that already speak to the pain and sufferings experienced by others. We can
see that oftentimes the question is – how long? How long before I am free
from this pain? How long before I am free from this suffering or this
disease? The writers of these prayers of lament were just as curious as you
and I are today about the longevity of their trial. We all have things in
our life that we are constantly asking God how long because we desire for
God to take these things away soon. But Psalms and Lamentations teach us to
lament in God and trust in His timing and process. There are great
spiritual disciplines to learn during a season of lament.
*- Pastor Scott*
*REFLECTION QUESTIONS:*
1.
What are you angered or grieved by — in your life or in the world around
you?
2.
What are your “how long?” questions? How do you need to grow in your
understanding of God’s love in order to trust him now?
3.
What are you waiting for? How is God using that to draw you near to
himself?
*Announcements:*
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If you weren’t there, you missed out.
*TAP’s*
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@Nick surgery on his bicep
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@Greenhorn and his family
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@JoePa’s mother
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@Slippers friend Alan recently passed, prayers for his family
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Safe Travels and running for Team SpeedHump
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@Chernobyl for positive prognosis from docs
SYITG,
*MichaelBolton*