Who do you serve?

It was a long Thursday. I didn't do my workout until last night at 9:45pm. It was one of those moments that everyone faces where they ask themselves "are you really going to go ahead and keep doing this since it is so late?" It wasn't because I was ready to quit the program...it is because I really just don't like doing the Yoga X routine. It is 1.5 hours long. It is actually quite difficult to do and it really wears you out but makes you think you are not even getting anything out of the workout because it is so low intensity.

The moment came and the moment went. I buckled down and realized all my goals, my work thus far, and my ambitions for the end of 90 days. I knew there was no way I was going to be able to make it without doing it right each day. So....I dropped the CD in around 9:55pm and began. I figured, what better time than now, the kids are all asleep, Annie is here in the room reading and on the computer, so I can do the hardest workout without worry.

Man, was I wrong. Drew came down into our room around 10:20 and stayed in there until about 10:45 watching, and laughing at me as he saw how difficult it was to do Yoga. At first he said, "Dad, c'mon, you can't do that without falling? Ha, that is easy"...so i made him jump in and he immediately quit laughing at me. It didn't help that Annie was laughing pretty hard too.

Yoga is absolutely crazy. It requires much flexibility and balance. I thought I had this...but wow, not for the X people for sure. Anyways, I continued fighting my way through the workout and completed it around 11:20ish. I was so glad I did it. I felt much better and saw some real improvement from the first two weeks when I performed Yoga. I guess it pays to have goals and look back on them occasionally to see your progress....duh!

Joshua is a great book! I finished it and read into Judges. The only line I am going to bring out of the text is this "Then choose this day whom you will serve...As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord".

Joshua was instructing the people in his last address before dying that the people of Israel need to serve the Lord and not all the other gods that those around them served. It is a great reminder for today's people as well. There are so many gods out there: the earth, famous athletes, movie stars, money, self, family, etc. The only one that commands our servant hood, our worship, our life, our all is the one true God...the maker of heaven and earth and all that is seen and unseen.

Serve the Lord as Joshua. Serve the Lord as Moses. Serve the Lord not yourself.