𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙐𝙥 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 The parallettes were more stable than I expected and I didn't find that out until I committed to getting on them. That moment right before you commit to something new, where the doubt is most present and the outcome is least certain, is the moment that tells you the most about what you've actually built. Strength shows up wherever you take it and it turns out mine showed up here too. We do this to ourselves with new things. We hesitate, we second guess, we wait for some kind of guarantee that it's going to work before we're willing to try. The guarantee never comes first. The trust comes first and the evidence follows. That's true in the gym and it's true in every other area of life that asks something hard of you. A strong body is something I'm genuinely grateful for and I don't minimize that, but I also know it's temporary. We are here for a breath in the context of eternity and what happens after we leave this world matters infinitely more than what we built while we were in it. As a follower of Christ, the promise of everlasting life, a glorified body, and ruling and reigning with Jesus isn't a comfort I hold at arm's length. It's the thing I'm most looking forward to, and that changes everything about how I live here in the meantime, including how I show up for a set of parallette dips at 54 grateful for every rep this body still gives me. 📖 1 Corinthians 15:42–44 “So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.” ➡️ The body I’m building now is the temporary version and I steward it well because it’s worth stewarding, but the one that’s coming makes this one look like a rough draft. ༒•If this resonated with you, tap the 💞 and stick around.•༒ #dips #womenwholift #fitover50 #faithandfitness #strengthtraining #daughteroftheking #godisgood #jesusislord #fypシ゚ #foryourpages