-Exercise is like faith. By exercising, one shows faith that the sweat, the pain, and the discomfort will all be worth it in the end results. The Bible says faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. By doing our workouts and our training, we are working towards things hoped for, and the fact that we are willing to put tangible effort and discomfort into it, is the evidence we have faith in the end results.
Faith and fitness seem so intertwined that it is hard to untangle them. As evidenced by this blog over the years, faith and fitness travel together. So when I think I want to get old and cut back and not train hard and stop hoping big, I have to consider what will be lost and what will remain. It is not a pretty sight. Training fatigue is nothing compared to living in a vacuum. I know this thinking isn't for everyone, but as for me and people like me, "we are the warriors." Praise God, there will be no peace inside if I am not a warrior until I die.
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