We are in day 3 of our fast to leave things behind and I must confess I feel very rested. Without the distraction of television, I am able to read more, sleep earlier and take walks around the neighborhood. I was reading today in 1 corinthians 1 where the apostle paul is laying out a plan. he talks about ceasing divisions and quarreling amongst one another and then writes an interesting point about how Christ uses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, the things that are despised by the world and counted for nothing at all and uses those to make them important to the world... for the sole purpose so that no one may boast. he then says that if we are to boast, boast in the lord.
I know what we are doing is strange or foolish by the world's standards. but i am comfortable being foolish for the cause and renown of Christ.
Can I ask you to comment on what you've been experiencing so far as you leave things behind. Two questions:
1. what has been the most difficult thing for you about fasting?
2. what has become for clear to you as you connect to God?
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Well, I guess kind of what I struggled with at first was just I guess not having that way to wind down. I didn't realize how much I used tv to relax. But now that I am not watching tv, I can hear God a lot more, and see Him more in my life. It's been really great. I feel His presence in a bigger way than before.
What God has made very clear to me is that before I can love and reach out into my community my relationship with Him needed to be closer, and from that an out-pouring of love would come. The Lord has taught me so many things, I was just going over all the benefits of this fast, and thinking how I can see His hand in so much more now. AMENN
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