Excellent point! It can be fasting from something you really like the most! Meaning giving up something you enjoy! Anything! Food, beverages, News, Internet, Races, candy, etc. and so on! Now I have to figure what to give up, and that will probably be the NASCAR race! No I am not in any way making fun of this, but that is what I do on Sundays.....and it is a grieving process (which is what fasting is all about) grieving and asking for Divine intervention! and being serious about doing such! Showing that you are sincerely grieving something and proving it by giving up something you love the most! Ashes and tearing on the clothing and pulling out your own hair....well, I am not so sure I would do all of that, but I would and will if it will stop this evil demon!
Thank you for this post and the opportunity to reply to it!
Exactly!!! I know your not making light of this. You know what, for me, giving up food for a day wasn't to bad. What I was having problems with was giving up my coffee along with the food, I drink decafe but LOVE IT. The L-rd called me on it and it was the hardest fast I've ever been on. I thought, you know, Jesus went 40 days without food, I can't even go one day without coffee. That's why I believe G-d told me to give it up that day. It's not to hurt us, G-d in no way wants us to hurt ourselves during a fast. It's partly to see just how truly serious we are about what we are praying for. Everytime I started to get miserable, I hit my knees and prayed. That day I was on my knees ALOT. After the fast, it dawned on me, that's what G-d had wanted. Was for me to really be in prayer that day. The time I spend with my Father is always well spent and the answers to my prayers are on there way.
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