Day 5: Last night I had a dream about a Crunch Wrap Supreme covered in Mu Shu Pork. I am really hungry but I am doing ok. I'm really tired of juice and water and feeling a little fluish. My stomach sounds like a Humback Whale looking for a mate. But really I am good.
I have had some time to pray for some people and not just in a "blessem and bewithem" kind of way but really asking the Lord to move in their lives...intercession I guess.
This fasting thing is going a lot better than I thought. Although I am having a hard time replacing the time that I would normally eat with prayer and scripture. But what is happening is I am developing some serious discipline. And when I do get tempted or just want to quit, it gives me something to offer to God as a sacrifice.
My body is getting a little funky today. I am starting to experience some of the typical symptoms of fasting. But I think I can make it to Sunday.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
May the the things you suffer through today produce character and hope in your life and in the lives of those who witness it.
Warning...honesty approaching....
I don't like to fast. I am not good at it. I want to be better at it. For those of you who read this blog not associated with eXchange I will fill you in on what's happening. We are calling ourselves to a corporate fast. Many people from eXchange are fasting this week through giving up various things. Some are fasting from food for a whole week. Some are fasting from entertainment, internet, video games, t.v., etc. This started last night at 6pm and will end Sunday at 6pm. I think I will have a pizza delivered to the church at 6:05. Probably not.
I am giving up food and video games. So far I have made it through breakfast and lunch. No problem. Except the staff at the church went to Panera bread for lunch and I had to tag along since we were all coming back from Joann Smith's funeral together. So I order an apple juice. The girl behind the counters hands me a juice box. I don't drink out of boxes. So she gave me a cup.
Nice.
I have had problems with my blood sugar dropping like a rock in the past, so I am going to keep track of that. I hope to make it to Wednesday evening with no solid food and then limit it to fruits and vegetables from there. We will see how that goes. The video games won't be a problem because I can only play late at night after the girls are in bed. I don't plan on staying up late on this fast because that is when I get snacky.
All I am hoping for is to be in closer intimacy with God.
What are you fasting from?
I have had the pleasure of being a part of something really cool. This week I have spent almost every night at a place called Club Soda. This is a club in Terre Haute that provides a good environment for recovering alcoholics and drug addicts to hang out. It is also a place that hosts a lot of AA meetings and NA meetings. It all started when I got a call from a couple of art students from ISU. They had heard about the ArtReach program that I have been doing at Maryland Community church and they wanted to do something similar for as a required project for a class.
Abbey and Angelia are two wonderful young girls. They both have a passion for helping people; especially the broken and marginalized.
We spent each night this week from 8-9 or so helping the members of the club to express the 12 steps of their program through art. It was great and I met some wonderful people.
I will try to post some pictures soon.
Gotta go ...baby's crying.
