This fasting stuff is HARD! I'm allowing myself homemade vegetable soup, eggs, bread, some fruit, WATER. It's interesting how much my head aches. Not debilitating, but it hurts. I don't know if it's the absence of something I have gotten used to eating or just the lack of food. I'm dreading getting bored with the soup.
So spoiled. So spoiled. When I think about what many other peoples don't have to eat, I'm embarrassed.
I keep thinking of sneaking food. Hello! I'm not hiding stress eating from a certain someone or comforting myself when he's gone. This is an alignment with God fast! I'm thinking He'd know when I slipped. Pretty dumb. Interesting confrontation with the nature of temptation, though.
I've fasted before. The first 3 days are the hardest. I'm wondering about the drive to Columbus and about the eating when I'm down there. A matter of prayer, for sure. Ugh. I'd hate to have to effectively start over after having been to see Dave, but he's the bigger deal.
Man 0 man. Sixty-one and still so much growing up to do!
How long and why are you fasting?
ReplyDeleteTwenty-one days, It's easier in some ways now. No headache, now. Temptation for sweets is still there. I love the push to turn off the thinking about food thing. That sure takes discipline I haven't applied here in a long time.
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