Whew - I've hardly been able to keep my eyes open all day.
Welcome to the second full day of the Daniel Fast, perhaps the first full day for some of the folks doing it this time around. Two days of no caffeine is catching up with me. But having completed the fast four previous times, I know that this, too, shall pass and soon, my energy level will be sky high.
As I shopped today for the week's foods and purchased items for both my family who is not fasting and myself, I was struck by the luxury and the bounty we are surrounded by. We are fasting, limiting our food intake so we can become unlimited for God. Yet the Daniel Fast allows so much variety, so much quantity, so many choices that it doesn't feel limiting; quite the opposite, it feels indulgent.
The Daniel Fast times are the ones where I am most keenly aware of the abundance of food in my life and the utter lack of it in so many others. During this fasting time, especially for those of you who are doing it for the first time, I invite you to dwell a bit with that dichotomy. For those of us who are privileged, it's a sobering and painful spot to realize our material largess and others material lack. Stay with that pain and that uncomfortable feeling. How is God using it to speak to you? To reveal something new to you? To teach you?
Peter sent over this link - the Gospel of John in 20 segments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3wWSMB8xIE&feature=related. I've watched segment one - it's beautiful.
Blessings on your journey!
Wendy
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