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Championship arrive Jan. 11 at Luke Air Force Base. Maj. Jessica Williams, 56th Aircraft Main- From the very first days of our Lord, having a personal epipha-
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tenance Squadron F-35 hangar. Air Force careers we’ve heard of into someone we never wanted
the Four Pillars of Comprehen- to be. Rather, experiencing the
sive Fitness. All are essential to Lord will nudge us into being
our wellbeing and that of the what He has wanted us to be all
Airmen with whom we serve. along. Therein lies the secret of
finding peace in our lives. The
Although most of the pillars, Scriptures often encourage us
like physical, mental and social to not be afraid.
fitness are truly obvious, spiri-
tual fitness needs cultivation. Sometimes we claim to be un-
However, civil society these days worthy to experience the Lord,
often pays scant attention to the a notion that He rejects. For the
need for spiritual fitness. Lord truly knows who we are and
still loves us. He wants us to ex-
Within us is a spiritual irony perience that love and not fear it.
we need to acknowledge — we
frequently pray to know the President Franklin Roosevelt
Lord better, and then we, just once exhorted the nation, which
as frequently, sabotage our near at the time was down-on-its-
success. Why would this be? heels from the Great Depression
with these words, “We have
Well, the reality for us is that, nothing to fear but fear itself.”
while we deeply yearn for an
experience with the Lord, we If we are content to work hard
fear it. We fear to experience at overcoming the fear of doing
the Lord in his fullness means what it takes to be physically,
that we have to change. After mentally and socially fit. Surely
all, none of us want white hair we can work just as hard at
like Moses when he came down surrendering ourselves to the
from Mount Sinai. We fear we spiritual fitness that comes from
may have to abandon many of experiencing the Lord.
the enjoyable things that fill our
time and spend the rest of our Courtesy of Chaplain Fr. Ronald Metha
lives volunteering. 56th Fighter Wing Chapel

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