Surviving Chaos

Last Week I joined a Gym. Now if you know me I’m not the typical person you would see around the Gym. I mean as a teenager I spent time lifting weights, in the pool, and even doing quite a bit of biking. But as soon as I got my self a car, everything changed. I found that I had little to no time for exercise in my life.

Then in college I tried to work out from time to time. But instead of creating a good habit of exercise, I was a bit intimidated by the other athletes who weren’t nearly as round as I am. So needless to say being physically fit hasn’t been too important in my view of life. I have come to accept that God loves me whether I weight 150lbs over what the doctor says is normal for my age and height. I mean who came up with the standard of normalcy. But I digress.

As I mentioned, last week I joined our local health club. I got tired of being out of shape and out of breath when it came to being physical. Notice I didn’t say I was tired of being “Fat”. I have always been Fat and I always will. God gave me broad shoulders and as a Pastor I have found many uses for them; so I’m not willing to give them back. Instead I simply want to be able to teach my sons about sports or play games with the youth group. I crave the energy health brings. And as I sat, pedaling the stationary cycle this afternoon I started to wonder about my Spiritual Health.

Am I Spiritually healthy? Does my life reflect a healthiness that when the hard times come, I find myself out of shape, struggling to catch my breath? I mean we often neglect our Spiritual health as much if not more than our Physical health. The question is, What are we willing to do about it? Are we complacent with being Spiritually out of shape or do we desire change in our lives.

I can tell you that after two days of working out Physically I am exhausted. But from past experience, I know that the exhaustion will fade, my muscles will grow, I will have caught my breath, and I will overall be a better man for the sacrifice. Lord, allow me to have the same fervour towards being near to you!