Yesterday was slightly hectic, and by day’s end, I was too tired to post. So today, I’m going to hit a double-header.
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Fasting – Day Four
I had Braxton Hicks today or something, for a minute I thought I only had a few days left in my fast…it felt like the end was near! Oh well, I really have seventeen days left and I see myself lasting until the end.
Fasting – Day Three
I’ve heard that it takes twenty-one days to make or break a habit. Part of me wonders if I will have broken habits completely by the end of this fast, or just learn how to discipline myself in certain areas better. David Wilkerson fasted from television and then went on to stop watching it for the rest of his life. I don’t know if that’s going to be me or not…I do know that this whole venture is beginning to frighten me – in a good way.
Fasting – Day Two
I’ve discovered how to get extra hours in my day! Want to know what it is? Fasting. Time just draaaaaaags on by, as slow as I’ve been begging it to do for years. Seriously.
Fasting – Day One
My church just started a corporate 21-day fast. The details of the fast were left up to individual discretion, meaning each person was able to choose what he/she wanted to abstain from. Some members mentioned a full fast (no food, just water), others mentioned a Daniel fast (veggies, rice, beans, fruits, and water – no sweets, no meats, no milk), and I…well I wasn’t too sure when I woke up what I was going to fast from.
God Bless Playboy!
Earlier today I was driving to Jungle Jims – better known as the most amazing grocery store in the world – and the car in front of mine had a bumper sticker that said “God Bless America!” along with a Jesus fish (icthus). That’s not an uncommon sighting, in my neck of the woods (I usually see about three or four of those stickers a day) or anywhere else across America. It’s the basic tagline of patriotism, God Bless America.
So I see this car, and for some reason the sticker bothered me (more than usual). Perhaps it was the church I passed erecting a flagpole with an American flag majestically billowing over a Christian flag. Maybe it was the fact that I had just seen some shirts on sale at Family Christian with an American flag and a scripture snippet “By His stripes we are healed.” Whatever the reason, this “God Bless America” sticker really got me thinking.
Good Things #3
Contentment – The $12 Principle
Have you ever sold books at Half-Price? I remember my very first Half-Price experience. I brought a brand new, never highlighted, semi-uncracked-spine, 954 page Anatomy and Physiology book that I had paid $300 for…and received $28 dollars in return. A nice employee tried to explain the logistics of Amazon.com pricing, net worth, updated editions, and yadda yadda yadda – I left with an even $30. In King James terminology, Half-Price did tithe unto me.
Let. Down.
Let Me Be Crystal Clear 