What is the weekly mettle maker? It’s a weekly shot in the arm, a semi-fortnightly kick in the pants — your helpful heckler, hammering away at you to stop hemming and hawing and hurdle headlong into becoming your own hero!
CLIMB: METTLE MAKER #290
Can you finish this in under 20 minutes with good form?
Self-defense and Fitness combo: See if you can get through this mobility grinder in under 20 minutes: Bear Walks (25 x 4 yards), Crawl (8 x 4 yards, belly no higher than 4” from the dirt), Get-ups (25), Prisoner Get-ups (25), Shoulder Roll (25), Side Deadfall (25), and Sprints (50 x 4 yards). If you think this was fun, you should enroll in the free Heritage Self-Defense Distance Learning Program or maybe click here to sign up for the free Heritage Fitness Program. Did I mention they’re both free?
Wildwood: Can you identify the tree on the right? I spotted this small but perfect specimen this week. If you can’t, you should think about signing up for the Wildwood nature appreciation and survival program. Like all our programs, its free. Here are a couple of hints. If you see the white top of this tree in the distance, you may have found a water source. And this is the tree that Zacchaeus climbed and sat in order to get a better view of Jesus.
Spirit: Here is another excerpt from my forthcoming book, “The Craft of Dying Well.“
“In the world there will be tribulation. But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.” ~ John 16:33
During his time on earth, Christ was as fully human as you are. He died, rose from the tomb after three days, and promises you a share in his resurrection. He is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6) who takes you by the hand that you might go with him to dwell in his father’s house. Death is but your entry into the suffering of the cross. To fear your demise is to doubt Christ’s victory over death. Fear not. Christ has vanquished death, and you will also.
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