Today to preserve my sanity I went to the gym. It was not my regular gym in Frederick, but rather another in the chain in Alexandria about 5 blocks from Katie’s parents house (where we retreated to when we lost power from the storm). So I did my 3 miles on the treadmill and then went up to the weight room where I felt like I went through a time warp back to the 80’s.
It seemed like everyone was dressed in legwarmers, loud colors and huge teased hair. I don’t know if it was just the culture of that gym, or if it was Halloween (i thought about this possibility after i got back), time of day, or this is where the cast of a Way Off Broadway cast was having their wrap party. All I know is that i thought it was a bit odd.
When I got back to the in-laws house I was doing my devotion time and came across some scripture from 1 Samuel 16 where verse 7 reads:
1 Samuel 16:7 (NLT)
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The LORD doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Well I thought about the gym encounter and all I could do is think…I still have a long way to go as I am “made perfect in love” as my Methodist friends would say.
