One More For JC

My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.  (Hebrews 12:5-6) I remember the summer of 1993 like it was yesterday.  I spent almost every day at the newly constructed gym at my college campus.  I would lift weights religiously for over an hour then head over to the basketball courts to play a few pick-up games.  I was a physical and cardio-vascular machine; unfortunately I knew it all too well.  I took great pride in being strong in the weight room and excelling on the basketball court.  I couldn’t walk by a mirror without admiring the handiwork of all the long hours at the gym; a camera was ever present to capture my body’s progression month by month. But everything changed on August 4, 1993.  The afternoon started the same way every other one did that summer; I went to work then headed over to the gym afterwards.  I lifted weights for a