2/18/07

You know what? A hundred push-ups is really quite a few push-ups. This weekend I was at a retreat for Christian men here at Hillsdale and one of the contests in a series of physical feats was a push-up contest. Each team selected one member to represent them and do as many push-ups as possible. Paul Mueller took the cake at 64 push-ups (keep in mind that other physical feats had already been accomplished, and thus many of these men had already been taxing themselves,) and as I stood watching these men do their push-ups, I realized that one hundred push-ups is a whole lot. All this to say that I don't think I can make that number. I hope myself to be able to to do sixty-ish by the end of the semester. I would be pretty happy with that number, since that would still be a sizable improvement for me; but a hundred? I don't think so.

In the meantime, it has been a while since I posted regarding my own progress, and I pretty much lost hope right after my last post. Every time in the past when I have attempted push-ups, the same thing happens, I get to around thirty and I just can't break through. I mean I really can't. I try and try, and I actually regress a little bit, seemingly completely unable to break that barrier. So, that is where I am at right now. I am pretty discouraged with the whole thing; if I was able to increase my numbers consistently, that would be one thing, but I'm not, and it is hard to motivate myself to push as hard as I can when I'm not even going to be able to do as many as the day before.


In other news, we have called the rally off due to overwhelming opposition. I appreciate your prayers, but when we are seeking to unite Christ's body on campus, and the means through which this is going to happen is actually going to divide Christians more than it will unite them, then it is no longer serving the purpose intended for it. Much has been accomplished in the way of unity already, though. Discussions have begun among the groups of Christians as to what can be done that each group would be willing to do. With most of the groups, it's not that they are outright rejecting the entire idea of unity, they just aren't willing to participate in religious practices with Christians of other beliefs because they feel it too liable to a watering-down of the distinctions that make each sect different. Thank you all so much for your prayers in this, they have not been to no avail.

-Nathan