I started a 21 day journey today with the family of God's Bethel in my mind. The journey includes prayer and fasting for our church family, my personal family & friends and myself. Some one may be asking, well why fast and pray? For me, fasting and praying is an intentional way to draw closer to God. God honors our sincere sacrifice. Although, I have fasted in the past, this time will be a little different. I have never done what is called a "Daniel Fast" which is taken from Daniel 10: 2 - 3. This period of fasting and praying excludes all meat. Yes, you read that correctly - Over the next three weeks, I will only be eating fruits, vegetables, and whole grain foods.
In anticipation of this journey, I went to the grocery yesterday and I didn't realize the depth of the sacrifice as I tried to shop for something to eat. Think about the scope of this fast: No meat (which I didn't eat anyway), chicken, turkey sausage or bacon, diary products, milk, cheese, all sweetners, sugar, honey. I thought about this as I was preparing and shopping. This will not be as easy as I thought. No potato chips. No candy. I am only drinking water for 21 days. No white rice. No turkey burgers. And anyone who knows me, also know that the I haven't even mentioned the BIG one, yet.
No ice cream.
How am I suppose to live? How am I suppose to survive without ice cream?
My first meal today: Lettuce, tomato, cucumbers and peppers on whole wheat. (Stop laughing). Don't knock it until you have tried it. Once you try, like I did, I thought to myself, "This is only Day 1 and this is going to take some getting used to."
I realize that sometimes in life, you have to make sacrifices. Sacrifices for God. Sacrifices for yourself. Sacrifice for those you care about. If you are reading this, then in some way you have touched my life and the sacrifice over the next 21 days will be for you. I hope to blog everyday over the next three weeks and offer my thoughts, my insights, my struggles and my transparencies.
Visit from time to time and see how things are going and how God is moving. But more importantly, please know that I am lifting you up in prayer. Trusting God more... Rev. KDM
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