The Sovereignty of Exercise

Most people know me as a fitness/health freak. The truth is, I really am not. I love unhealthy food and I love slumber. But when I do eat healthy or workout, I'm very public about it. Thus, people perceive me as that.

I honestly haven't worked out hard since I left Los Angeles.

Today on Instagram, I saw that Cassey Ho from Blogilates launched her workout routine for April. It's called #AprilAbs. I need abs. I saved up my money to buy a pole and I lost all of my abdominal and arm strength. In order to make my money's worth of the pole, I need to develop muscle all over again. Pole is my fitness motivation.

So I decided that Blogilates would be a good idea to ease my way into a regular workout routine. Five workouts were assigned today. I completed 4 out of the 5 workouts. It was awful. I felt light-headed, I couldn't complete the workout, and I almost threw up. There was no way that I can do the last video.

Then immediately after, I plugged in my new stretching DVD. I sweated the entire time and screamed at the TV screen. I said mean things to the instructor such as "I HATE YOU!", "YOU'RE A FREAK!", and "AHHH YOU'RE KILLING ME!".



ANYWAY....

Then I was reminded of grapes in a vineyard. The grapes that make the best fruit for wine have thick skin, less juice, and large seeds. In order for the grapes to get that way, the roots have to suffer. They work extremely hard to build a foundation for themselves, find moisture, and not get dried out by the sun. The best grapes come from vines that work the hardest.

In other words, I have to suffer because it brings good.

Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us into shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. -Romans 5:3-5 

This is more satirical than serious...like, it's more of a joke than a devo...