As a class we practiced the spiritual discipline of fasting this week. I know several people who fast regularly, but had never participated in it myself. I never thought much of the practice, or the importance. Adele Calhoun says, "Fasting reminds us that we care about "soul" things. We care about the church. We care about the world. We care about doing God's will. Thus we willingly set aside a little comfort so we can listen and attend to the voice and nourishment of God alone. For God can give us grace and comfort and nurture we cannot get on our own." This paragraph touched on the fact, we as humans are unable to fully fill ourselves. Only God can fill us. John 6:35 says, Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Fasting allowed me to realize just that, God wants us to fully rely on Him, to take the pressure off of ourselves and give it all to him.
Praise the LORD, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. od's will.
---Psalm 103:1-5
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