Lord, please help me to change - Judith Couchman

Way- — •CHOOSE I TOR LOSE I TGod 's Word helps us to makechoices that change us.live in the land o f weekend warriors .On Frida y afternoons in Colorado, otherwis e reasonabl eoffice people gea r u p t o ris k thei r live s on th e mountains . I n th ewinter, it' s skiing dow n stee p slope s or racin g a snowmobile. I nthe summer , it' s scrambling u p cragg y rock s towar d th e peaks ,biking the narro w trails , or rafting down white-wate r rapids .Whether they'r e paradin g u p o r dow n ou r hills , thes e war -riors wan t t o conquer th e mountain s wit h spee d an d physica lprowess. However , it' s not reall y the weekend tha t separate s con -ditioned athlete s from the dabblers. Monda y morning doe s that .Sliding back into their desks , the bodies of weekend athlete srevolt with aches and pains . The peopl e who stay perpetually con -ditioned fee l great. ( I solv e th e proble m b y not approachin g th emountains a t all, but th e pai n hit s me after a weekend o f stoopin gover flowerbeds.)Still, the suffering could b e avoided i f we weekenders woul dtake smal l step s towar d conditionin g instea d o f bi g jumps int omuscle misery .100'