Day 2 and 3 were the hardest physically. While I was tired and cranky on day 1, I still felt kind of full from the previous day’s feast, but during days 2 and 3 I was just plain HUNGRY. I would have my shake around 8am, but be hungry by 10. I’d have my smoothie […]
Perhaps you’re thinking what I’m thinking at this point: Um, we haven’t even begun the actual fast yet! Right. I actually feel like most of the “heavy lifting” spiritually speaking, happened before the fast. As you’ll see, the actual fast itself was rather enjoyable! Well, not quite. Maybe not the first few days. Of course, the first […]
So yeah, pretty much everything felt like dying at this point. I was trying to finalize the details of women’s Bible studies for the summer, figure out last minute details for our church’s Women’s Retreat retreat that was the weekend before the fast, prepare for a conference, help Jeff with some administrative details, serve meals […]
Have you ever had a long cold or sinus infection, and it made everything tasteless? Isn’t it frustrating? Especially if you feel decent otherwise, but you bite into what should be a delicious cookie or burrito or sandwich, and you can feel texture but the whole thing’s just plain tasteless. It’s disappointing. You want to enjoy […]
Honest answer: Have you ever “researched” a million different options, even though you already knew, deep down, what you were supposed to do? Ok, if you said no then you’re lying. For me, it was researching exactly what we should or shouldn’t eat/fast for 40 days so that we wouldn’t shrivel up and die, or get angry, […]
Just when panic was about to set in, at the thought of not eating food for 40 days and therefore dying, I heard a gentle comforting whisper in my heart, “You will have something at each meal.” Ahhh…sigh of relief. So I probably wouldn’t die. I had no idea what “something” meant (I hoped maybe something […]
{Finally continuing the series! I shared here about fasting, about this oft-neglected weapon that works wonders in the heavenly realm, like a spiritual Vitamix. So now, a bit more about our 40-day fasting journey…} Strangely enough, I kept sensing that the very thing I most wanted to avoid (fasting) was the thing that would yield the […]
This year I did something I’ve never done before: I quit reading. I shared HERE about my conviction, in early September, to set books aside for a season. It seemed strange, but it was a clear conviction, and I sensed that God wanted me to spend an undetermined length of time without reading any books. […]
I mentioned here about the Mystic/Dominic dream my friend had during our 40-day fast, and here about how I felt after God freed my heart from Mystic’s influence. This one simple shift has impacted so many aspects of my life, I feel like I’m seeing fruit of it left and right. I’m telling you, that […]
When I think of effective weapons, I think of my Vitamix. I know, sounds crazy, but for the kind of Sacred Mundane battle I face on a daily basis — that of feeding my family healthy foods prepared from scratch — there’s nothing else like this blender that’s basically a countertop lawn-mower. Without this tool, […]