Uprising – 1.18.22

7 HIM faced another day of the frozen tundra with their blinkies and bright lights.  Everyone managed to play Frogger quite well as we hit the dry streets of Spring Hill.
@Chowdah @Dead Leg @2nd F Kwame @Rudolph @Blackout @Clipart and QiC @MapQuest
F3 disclaimer, principles and credo
The Thang
We left in a wolfpack from Longview to pay homage and respect to our brothers at #ao-tribute.  This consisted of moseying down Commonwealth toward Lowes, snaking our way through Autumn Ridge, and arriving safely at Harvey Park.  We did a couple of laps around the Harvey trail, then made our way back to Longview via Miles Johnson and Dewey. Good times and accelerated HIM’s is what we came for…and that’s what we accomplished.
Announcements
  • @2nd F Kwame shared details about the marriage class (Re-engaged) at his church
  • The fellowship of the M’s is going to begin meeting again this Thursday at the home of @Underoos.  Check the #m channel for details.  All M’s welcome.
  • A half marathon ruck is taking place this Saturday at Percy Warner Park.  Check the #black_ops channel for details.  More info coming in the next day or so about clown car options.
Prayer Requests
  • For @Timeshare to make it back home safely
  • @Clipart‘s sister is recovering from surgery
  • Everyone with covid and all those impacted
Moleskin
The book of Psalms is pretty special. It is one of, if not the, richest compilation of powerful prayers, hymns, and poems, including every human emotion possible — anger, frustration, fear, loneliness and sadness, and everything on the other end of the spectrum including bliss, joy, elation, wonder, gratitude, and everything in between.  When Jesus himself quoted scripture from the Old Testament, there is no other book of the Bible that he quoted from more than the book of Psalms.  The book of Psalms was written over a 1,000-year time span by many great men:  Moses, King Solomon, and King David, just to name a few.  These men experienced many victories, but like us they were human and had many flaws.  As men, I believe there is much we can learn from and lean on from the book of Psalms.  And while it is very lengthy (one of the longest books in the Bible in fact packing in 150 chapters!), I think we can just look at the very first Psalm as how each of us should choose to live.  King David wrote Psalm 1, which shows that there are two paths we can choose.  Living righteously or living out our wicked desires.
I read Psalm 1 over the PAX with encouragement that we all choose daily living on a path of righteousness.
Psalm 1
THE TWO WAYS
How happy is the one who does not
walk in the advice of the wicked
or stand in the pathway with sinners
or sit in the company of mockers!
Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.
He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams
that bears its fruit in its season
and its leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin. — Psalms 1:1-6 (CSB)

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