Seth and I are fasting today because we have a really big decision coming up. I have been exempt from the fasting around here for the past 3 years as I’ve been consistently pregnant and nursing non stop. I have done a couple of “until noon” fasts where I forfeit my morning meal and pray through the morning. Those are actually VERY POWERFUL. I highly recommend. However, this is my first official full 24-hours since becoming a Mom. GUESS WHAT I’VE LEARNED? It’s really hard to fast when you’re cutting up yummy snacks and feeding square meals to two kids all day. I didn’t realize it would be so hard as I slice up a tiny orange for crying out loud. I began salivating a couple of times today just feeding my kids crackers. Seriously, FOOD IS FUEL. I felt my weary body giving at different moments. I just wanted to lay down and say the heck with it. I also wanted to shove food in my mouth and say the heck with it. Then came the case of the short-fused attitude. Lord have mercy! Landri did something she never has before, and all because Satan knows I’m low on fuel no doubt. She brought me poop today. Ya heard me. She went to the potty and brought it to me. I screamed. I was in shock and I just tried my darndest to get that stuff back in the bathroom before it was all over my floor. As it all unfolded (and as I smell the food I have served my kiddos for dinner tonight) I am realizing what true fuel food is to our bodies. Christ foregoing food for 40 days in the wilderness…folks that was so supernatural. The Father in Heaven Sovereignly was with Jesus as he experienced that. I am certain I would begin hallucinating. I mean…in just one day (and I’m not even done yet) I am feeling whoozy. Not only that…but I have still seen how Satan is side-tracking me. At this moment, I’m blogging b/c my kids are sitting here eating…but I’ve avoided watching shows or facebooking today, and no kidding, I’ve been sidetracked by other stuff – stuff that is silly like addressing Landri’s Valentine’s. That can wait til tomorrow, and mark my words, it will because when I clean up dinner, I’m going to finish praying through as I’m a mess of starvation and crabbiness.
Psalm 27:14 "Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD."
Let me end this positively: God is so good. He has reminded me through this why we do it. Every time my tummy growls, I’m forced to redirect my thought to Him. Fasting and prayer is truly an amazing experience when you commit your day into truly leaning on God and waiting on him. If you’ve never done it, follow the example of Christ and really try it. I’ve never done more than 36 hours, but even a morning fast and forfeiting one meal is refreshing to the soul. God is so great. You will realize that we shove junk in our mouth all day long, but at the end of the day, it is fuel for our bodies.
With a heart that's hungry to know Him more,
Andrea
