So hopefully you're better than me. I forgot the fast was starting today, BUT thankfully I did not partake in any of the forbidden items. Does that count? Is my fast invalidated because I was not consciously aware of the fact that I was fasting? Does a falling tree make noise if noone hears it?
Hmmmm...
Anyway, we'll pick up tomorrow and I'll be sharing my reflections on each assigned passage and maybe even some random biblical thoughts throughout the day. I'd love to get your thoughts too.
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I feel you...although, I didn't forget. I consciously didn't partake, but I also didn't use that time of sacrifice to really dig into God's word and to seek His face. By the end of the day I felt like my first day was more like day 1 of a diet than actually beginning a fast. I'm currently working to make day 2 better. :)
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! I am going to let a few people know about this blog bro... I was in the midst of creating a chain e-mail for the members of my chapter to reflect on the fast, encourage each other, and make prayer requests known. This is another AWESOME outlet.
ReplyDeleteThe first day most def hit me hard. I have read 2 Chronicles 7:14-16 several times and have heard it preached even more, but yesterday was the first time I REALLY ate it and most def cried over it. It came to life to me yesterday (maybe it's the spiritually sensitive season I am in right now). Also, for the first time I read the scripture in the amplified version and in 2 Chronicles 7:14 it expounds upon seeking God's face by saying seeking out of necessity and that did it for me.
I am truly looking forward to the rest of the 21-day fast and seeing what God has in store for us as a family and ministry.
As for forgetting the fast was starting and still not eating the restricted food, lol. I was explaining to some members of my chapter that when I first started fasting as a Christian Discipline when I was in high school, the church I was at during that time focused SO MUCH on the food restrictions of fasting that I was not able to grasp the spiritual side. The outcome of this was a fruitless fast, but what made it even worse was that there were times when I mistakingly ate one of the forbidden foods or drank a forbidden drink (soda or the like, not alcohol - lol) AND I would quit the fast; being under the impression that God was more concerned about me keeping the restrictions.
I know God is concerned with what we sacrifice for a fast, but I was so ill-prepared for fasting that I would just end it once I broke a restriction, thinking "what's the point, I've ruined the fast already." I am glad I know better now.
~ Roy