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This is my version of how to spell EXERCISE as a FOUR LETTER WORD!! I went back to the gym yesterday and was reminded of why I hate it so much!! I felt like a fish out of water!! Today, I feel like a child who has fallen off their bike! Why is it that something so good for us can initially make us feel so bad? Maybe there is a spiritual application in this. Maybe I should be reminded that just as Christians we are prone to experience some discomforts at times. Failure to do some of the things we are called to do, like daily Bible reading and prayer and even regular church attendance, are examples of our spiritual 'out of the gym' moment. Recognizing the need to return to what we know as good and right is a positive idea. But often, like the gym, this return requries a bit of adjustment. Just as our physical muscles are challenged and chastised for lack of use, so our spritual muscles are often stretched and exerted to a point of acceptance that we've been off track. I may never be an Olympian, but I am challenged now more than ever, both physically and spiritually to do as Paul said "Run the race before us with Perserverance!"