This week’s Fasting took place on Thursday and independently from Tammi and Joshua who did their fast on Wednesday and Tuesday, respectively.  My resistance was that I almost got complacent during my Fast in keeping myself busy.  When the hunger pains arrived, I just powered through it.  Moreover, as I continued to attend a Thursday evening Spiritual Gifts class that ends at 8:30pm, I didn’t eat until around 9:30pm.  I say this, not as a badge of honor, rather that the resistance I felt was rooted in focusing more on the “powering through” as a type of physical challenge than to focus on the intent of this spiritual practice.  I caught myself treating this like a type of cold plunge challenge, at first.

But then, I recalibrated to focusing on this being my offering to God and to grow in holiness.  And since I knew what was up-coming in Week 3 – Fasting to Amplify Prayer, I got started early by committing my weekly fast with a prayer for Joshua to have a positive roommate experience.  Maybe, I need to go even beyond “positive” to “awesome” roommate experience?  With God, all things are possible.

It’s not over.  My prayer for Joshua to have a positive roommate experience continues.  And, as I prayed for our High School graduates on Sunday morning enroute to KCF, I felt a strong sense to pray that each of them would know deep in their heart, soul, mind, and strength…

…how much they are loved.

…how much they are blessed.

…they will always belong.