The heightened awareness of everything when you haven’t eaten in almost two weeks is amazing. If God were to speak to me, I think it would scare me, it would be so strong. Which is what I want.
Walking through the grocery store today, I again had that strange knowledge that I was totally alone in the entire store. No one else had not eaten in eleven days. I remember the loneliness from the last time I had a long fast. It has made it hard for me to engage in any long fast since then because of that feeling.
I am hoping that others are joining me in this. I haven’t heard from anyone else about it, except for an email this morning to pray for the Middle East. It is the first I have heard. However, even if I am alone, I have been needing to do this for a long time and I am glad the Lord has given me the opportunity.
Ella has faithfully fasted from snacks these eleven days. In some ways that is harder than not eating. In our culture, especially, snacks are big time. You would think we couldn’t make it from one meal to the next to hear the snack ads. No wonder we are all so overweight.
Weight loss has not been the focus of this fast, but I knew I would lose weight. So far I have lost 30 pounds. So Sunday, I will wear one of the suits I haven’t worn in a long time to Church. It is our Love Feast Sunday in which we focus on the Lord’s Supper. We usually do not do so, but Ella and I intend to dress up.
Ella and I will be preaching together, something we do not do often, but that I would like to be able to do more. Her participation adds a lot, mainly due to her good and gentle spirit.
I am so grateful for her in my life. She is the embodiment of love as far as I am concerned. She loves me unequivocally. There is nothing more I could ask from a wife than that. When it comes down to it, how could I not love her?
We will be talking about 1 Corinthians 13. The four main points will be:
I. LOVE IS AUTHENTIC 1-3I look forward to it.
II. LOVE IS SACRIFICIAL 4-7
III. LOVE IS CONSTANT 8-12
IV. LOVE IS THE ONLY REAL THING. 13
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