Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Fasting for Beginners

Yes ive never fasted before. Get over it :). House on the Rock do an annual fast called PUSH (Pray Until Something Happens). I decided to do it this year. However, ive had to customise it to the pecularities of my situation. First we are supposed to break with soup. Giving the hours i work and my commute everyday, am not sure i can live on a bowl of soup a day. Definitely not for a consecutive set of days. So i break the fast with a much needed meal. :)

But a more important issue is how to fast effectively when you are working. How do you keep your thoughts on God any differently than you normally do? Apart from not eating what other things should you do? And not do? How do i make this fast different from when am not fasting?

Shouldnt our relationship with God always be on a consistently high level and not a spike in the graph during lent. A colleague of mine stated that the spike should be permamnent i.e. it should take you to a higher level. Hmmmmmmmm.....This is one of the issues i need to do more research on. But ive started. Will let you know my progress....

Enjoy

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