Funny that it's called a fast when giving up food makes you slow down so completely. You think slowly and walk slowly and ponder instead of rushing into decisions. Your hands move more intentionally and you become aware of all of little motions they go through.
Fasting has been hard for me to understand because I know few people who practice it. I've only practiced it infrequently and for short periods of time. But now I feel called into a season of fasting. It feels like walking into a mystery because I don't know why I'm doing this or what it's supposed to produce. Fortunately my spiritual direction thinks it's okay to open this door with no resolution. What do you need from God? she always asks. This is the first time I haven't known.
Fasting has been hard for me to understand because I know few people who practice it. I've only practiced it infrequently and for short periods of time. But now I feel called into a season of fasting. It feels like walking into a mystery because I don't know why I'm doing this or what it's supposed to produce. Fortunately my spiritual direction thinks it's okay to open this door with no resolution. What do you need from God? she always asks. This is the first time I haven't known.
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It will be exciting to hear what this does for your intimiacy with God. Good reflections! I'll be excited to see a follow up!
I fast from "stuff" and "business." And when I fast from food, I will do a kind of Jewish/Ramadan thing.... no food, just water until the sun goes down. Then a simple bit of food.
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