Workout- Cardio X
Bible Reading- Mark 9:14 - Luke 1
Happy 4th of July! I love this holiday for two main reasons. One, I enjoy watching the fireworks, eating watermelon, and all the other various activities that come along with it. Two, I get a day off of work! Tomorrow I don't have to go in and I am extremely excited about that.
Now I know these are shallow reasons to enjoy this day. It just comes down to the fact that I am not all that patriotic. I am extremely grateful to live in the country that I do and that I have soldiers that are willing to risk their lives to protect the freedoms that I have. (Big thanks to my brother Thomas for all that he is currently sacrificing in order for us to live the way that we do.) So please don't think that I am ungrateful. I just don't feel the need to sing "God Bless America" while holding a sparkler.
I suppose a lot of my unpatriotic sentiment stems from the fact that people can't separate their religion from being American. Jesus didn't come to redeem only America, so I don't understand why we make such a big deal of it. People get very bent out of shape with our church because we don't march down the center isle with the American flag and sing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" on this day. I for one am grateful of this. As Ed Stetzer said today on his twitter account, "Today Christians will worship God and celebrate being Americans-- please be sure to not confuse the two in worship". I cannot agree more.
It's the confusion of these two principles that irritates me to no end and kind of steals any last bit of patriotism right out me.
With that said, I will stop. This is treading dangerously close to getting me starting on my God and politics soap box and I don't think you guys are ready for that.
-Michael
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Why am I doing this?
I have found that I am in need of a project. I also have several goals that seem to be nagging me lately. 1. I need to get in shape. Although round is a shape, it's not so much what I am looking for. 2. I need to read the Bible more. It has yet to become a vital foundation to my faith on a consistent basis. 3. I would like to write more. It's something I greatly enjoy, but simply do not make time for it.
So I have decided to take the next 90 days to simultaneously complete the P90X fitness challenge, Read the Bible in 90 Days, and Blog about my entire experience. Viola! This condenses all three goals into a single project.
So I have decided to take the next 90 days to simultaneously complete the P90X fitness challenge, Read the Bible in 90 Days, and Blog about my entire experience. Viola! This condenses all three goals into a single project.
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