Day 2: I'm not having any trouble fasting yet. I've been hungry but not REALLY hungry. I'm drinking juices and tea. The hardest part is not taking a bite when my 18-month-old grandson offers me some of his apple. That's hard to say, "no" to, let me tell you. I had to go to the grocery store earlier on day 2. That wasn't bad. There were several things that I nearly picked up but would have gone bad since I'm not eating! Fortunately I remembered the fast BEFORE I bought it. I fixed my husband lunch and supper. He's been very appreciative. Fixing meals hasn't been difficult except for not being able to taste test to see what it needs. He just has to add whatever seasonings it requires after it's cooked and on a plate.
At one point on Day 2, I got really hungry. It didn't last long, just until I asked God to take it. I haven't changed anything I'm doing. I'm still walking the dog and going to work out (in the same amounts as I would have any other time). I'm not weak. I'm not deprived. i haven't had much of a headache or been in a bad, grumpy mood. But I'm also not feeling particularly closer to God. I don't think that is bad. I'm taking that to mean that I was already pretty close. I'm not getting any particular revelations, at least not that I can attribute to focusing more on Christ by not eating.
Day 3: I'm a little hungry. I have a light-brown headache - as my mother-in-law used to say. It is not much of one and doesn't have any impact on doing anything. But....today, I am in a funk. I'm feeling.....what is the word? Let down? Bummed? Disappointed? Alone. That might be it. It has occurred to me that when Jentezen Franklin's church (from his book Fasting) does a 21-day beginning-of-the-year fast each year there is a congregation of people all doing the same thing.
I'm overwhelmed with....something. Or maybe it is underwhelmed. My unemployment is nearly running out. I have had several interviews. Apparently none of those places is where God wants me. I might have another interview in a day or two. It is one that confuses and scares me. What if that is where He wants me? Or what if that is still another "no, not there." That is actually why I am fasting. I am hoping to see things more clearly if I focus more on God by fasting. I wonder if/when that will happen, seeing things more clearly.
I have the weird taste in my mouth. I don't know what causes that. Hopefully by the end of the day, I'll be past this funk.
Thank you, Jesus, for helping me with this fast. I'm not suffering or even feeling discomfort. I know that is because of you. Amen.
At one point on Day 2, I got really hungry. It didn't last long, just until I asked God to take it. I haven't changed anything I'm doing. I'm still walking the dog and going to work out (in the same amounts as I would have any other time). I'm not weak. I'm not deprived. i haven't had much of a headache or been in a bad, grumpy mood. But I'm also not feeling particularly closer to God. I don't think that is bad. I'm taking that to mean that I was already pretty close. I'm not getting any particular revelations, at least not that I can attribute to focusing more on Christ by not eating.
Day 3: I'm a little hungry. I have a light-brown headache - as my mother-in-law used to say. It is not much of one and doesn't have any impact on doing anything. But....today, I am in a funk. I'm feeling.....what is the word? Let down? Bummed? Disappointed? Alone. That might be it. It has occurred to me that when Jentezen Franklin's church (from his book Fasting) does a 21-day beginning-of-the-year fast each year there is a congregation of people all doing the same thing.
I'm overwhelmed with....something. Or maybe it is underwhelmed. My unemployment is nearly running out. I have had several interviews. Apparently none of those places is where God wants me. I might have another interview in a day or two. It is one that confuses and scares me. What if that is where He wants me? Or what if that is still another "no, not there." That is actually why I am fasting. I am hoping to see things more clearly if I focus more on God by fasting. I wonder if/when that will happen, seeing things more clearly.
I have the weird taste in my mouth. I don't know what causes that. Hopefully by the end of the day, I'll be past this funk.
Thank you, Jesus, for helping me with this fast. I'm not suffering or even feeling discomfort. I know that is because of you. Amen.
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