The leg press. It’s simple. You add weight. You sit down. Release the lock. Press the sled up and down. That’s it.

I was at the Y the other day and there was a guy attempting to follow the above steps. Nothing out of the ordinary. The only reason I noticed him was because I wanted to use the machine. I moved on to do something else while he was adding weight.

And then I thought the building was collapsing. The sound could have definitely been compared to this same guy running his truck into the machine. I look over and see the machine laying on its side. Thankfully nobody was hurt. It turns out the guy had loaded the weights one side at a time, instead of evenly distributing the weight. He had nine 45lbs plates on one side. I don’t know how he walked away with all of his toes.

The guy meant well. Obviously you can put at least eight 45lbs on one side without catastrophe happening, he just didn’t know the 9th plate would be so embarrassing.

Balance is important. If only this guy had put one 45lbs plate on the other, then I wouldn’t be typing this story. But thanks to this mans desire to push a lot of weight I learned something. I am constantly trying to learn about God. So much that I usually only stop when I am numb from boredom. For some reason I keep pushing this info into my brain assuming it’s going to take me somewhere. But what I am realizing is that not balancing this knowledge with action is quickly causing me to become unbalanced.

Faith has always been about action. If the knowledge I gain isn’t being used in a physical sense, what good is it?

Pharisees study to sound smart. Followers of Christ study to reach others

Pharisees learn to prove a point. Followers of Christ learn to prove themselves wrong.

Another Pharisee attribute killed.