But I'm home now from my 6:30 am workout at Curves. And that got me thinking about my 2009 New Year's resolution to get physically fit this year.
I started off great, thanks to the Wii Fit and my stationary recumbent cycle. I worked out five mornings a week. I dropped several pounds and was feeling stronger and less easily winded. Then I injured my right elbow. The pain was bad. It took regular massages and regular chiropractic visits and several months for the pain to fully subside. I couldn't do any exercises that used my arm. Even riding the cycle while gripping the handles that measure heart rate was painful. You guessed it. I slacked off. I got softer. The weight came back, plus some thanks to a change in medication.
Which got me to thinking about being fit for service to the Lord. He's called us to be His soldiers. Having good physical health is important. So is being mentally fit. But if we aren't spiritually fit we'll find ourselves doing KP duty instead of being in the thick of the battle against the evil of this world. I don't know about you, but I want to be right on the front lines. I want to do my part to defeat the plans of the enemy and be fit enough to still swing my sword when the Lord calls me home.
I want to be a vital part of God's Army, the Army that brings good news to the afflicted, that binds up the brokenhearted, that proclaims liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners, that comforts those who mourn, and that gives garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. I want to be among the people who will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. (Isaiah 61:1-3) Amen.
~robin






They cite the supposed Constitutional arrangement for complete separation of church and state. Guess what? There isn't anywhere in the U.S. Constitution that wholly separates all issues involving church and state. The framers of our Constitution knew from history that when religious people provided a good checks and balances for politicians. In situations and countries where the religious leadership and the political leadership were one in the same thing, invariably corruption occurred. Never was it the intent of our leaders to deny the citizens of this country the right to exercise the expression of their faith in tangible, public ways. Somehow, the "separation" is being cited as rationale to rob believers of their rights. 







Her children are blessed to have her. (And so am I.)






