Week 1: Chapter 1-2
I started Christfit/Crossfit around 2012-2013, it was in a grungy little garage with some fellow believers working out once a week, I didn't know that it would be a start of a physical and spiritual Journey. I saw Christ’s love through the people he connected with me in this ministry at that time. Before Christ impacted my view of wellness, I struggled with fitness and healthy eating, I went through periods of working out for a while to long periods of laziness and unhealthy eating. I would binge eat and then try and outwork what I ate through rigorous training whether it was exercising way too much during the week or trying to do a lot in one day. I was breaking down my body. My body would respond with things like reflux disease because of overeating unhealthy foods. My joints were hurting everywhere - knees, hip, shoulders, back , you name it. If I missed a workout I would feel shame or guilt because I thought I was getting fatter or uglier. It was so contradictory to what I do as a job working in physical therapy where I was to be teaching others how to take care of themselves better. When ChristFit ended in that garage in 2012 a guy by the name of Jordan Robinson took it over in 2013 in a small CrossFit gym in east Plano called CrossFit 972 very close to where I lived. There I began to be more than just a weekly Crossfitter with ChristFit I was convinced by the members there to commit to the gym and become a member. At the time I was only doing cycling, running, and MTB on a recreational basis to try and stay in shape I wasn't consistent and I definitely was hurting, so I thought why not add CrossFit. There I became more consistent and the coaches there helped me progress my movements correctly. It was a very humbling experience. I began to also see I could not eat unhealthy and then expect to perform and feel good. CrossFit 972 taught me a lot of good things but I also started to get caught up in my performance and what I looked like as I began to see progress. I Compared how I performed to others. In 2016 there was a weekend talk about surrendered wellness based on a book. After I bought the book, it began to open my eyes to how I was a slave to fitness. Although I was making good choices and learning a lot about how to take care of myself, I was also not viewing my wellness as God wanted me to. Through the book, Crossfit and fellow believers he has taught me a lot over the past few years. I'm excited to share this summer. God has taught me to be more disciplined, to see myself as He does, and humbled me alot. It Doesn't mean I don't still struggle with things like vanity, or shame, comparing myself to others, or shame, but i have learned to trust god more in these areas and they are less frequent Hope of the book and study: 2 Timothy 2:20-21 “In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.” Many reasons we workout are trying to look better, rather than seeing ourselves as god made us, perform better but our bodies have limits, or even live healthier longer lives even though our days are number and our bodies deteriorate, but it is all vanity at some point and we need to workout because we want to be prepared to do God’s work. Through faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the purposes of physical fitness we are to see wellness as:
Key Concepts from Chapters 1-2:
Application for Devotional:
How Do you see yourself viewing wellness apart from how God defines it? What in your spiritual aspect in your life could be better because of surrendered wellness? Self control, Identity , peace, diligence. Are you working out for the right reasons?
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