Randy Wray’s Blog

Finally it feels like we lost winter! For the past two days we have been able to enjoy being out in the yard and experience that thing called sunshine!

We bought a pitching machine (for Beth’s softball team) over the weekend and spent the last two afternoons flirting with danger. The multitude of people who pass by our house, more on that later, believe us to be playing a simple game of “hit the speeding projectile.” Those of us playing the game, with experience in these matters, realize we are actually playing “how long until we break some neighbor’s window!”

Now back to the multitude of people who passed by our house. Yesterday afternoon, all because of the nice weather, it seemed like the whole block was out for a jog. At one point a group of 5 or 6 people went jogging past our house. I was looking for race bibs and aid stations as if somehow unaware of the Cherry Blossom run going right by our house. Everyone is out shaking off the rust and trying to get in shape.

This is also the time of year when the UPS drivers get a serious workout. You may think it’s during Christmas that the men and women in brown are pushed to their packaged ends. That’s not entirely true. During the spring these mocha warriors are pushed to the limits delivering all the workout equipment, the home gym, the treadmill, or bowflex your neighbor ordered while eating ice-cream and watching a late night infomercial. On my way to lunch yesterday I watched in anguish as a rookie, an earth-tone clad delivery specialist struggled to get a bowflex off the truck and onto his cart.

Spring training, fitness training, and basic training. Let’s not forget spiritual training. The Bible says:

Train yourself to serve God. Training your body helps you in some ways, but serving God helps you in every way by bringing you blessings in this life and in the future life, too. (1 Timothy 4:7b-8 NCV)

What’s your plan to exercise and use your spiritual muscles in service to God? What’s your plan to exercise and use your physical muscles in service to God? In other words, how are you training yourself to serve God?

Maybe it’s been a while since you’ve flexed your ministry muscles. Maybe finding your ministry muscles should be your first goal? What a perfect opportunity you have right now - because of the nice weather - to exercise those ministry muscles.

Get out there and get to training!