21 Day Fast: Day 1

Yesterday our church began our 21 day fast. It's all about fasting from something, food preferably, so that we can take that time we use normally for our fleshly desires and turn them into God time. Not that eating food is bad because food is for the stomach and stomach is for food but nevertheless, it's a time to show the flesh who is boss.

Since I don't really have a problem with food and in fact need to eat more, I decided to fast from internet and video games. The internet is one of those things that I have a hard time living without because frankly, I need it. I have to check my work e-mails, I have to check my personal e-mail and do other things. After that though, it's all about what I want. Gamespot.com, MotorTrend.com, RagingNerds.com, Twitter, Facebook, etc, etc. Most of my time on the internet is spent on these sites and if I logged all the hours I spend on these sites, I could definitely say that it takes a lot of time away from God. I could justify it and say that I only do it at work when I'm bored but if I can do that at work, then I could get in the word instead.

So why am I blogging clearly on the internet? This is my avenue of giving my thoughts because I'm not going to translate from paper to the blog. Truthfully, it's more of a fast from my social websites but any unnecessary browsing is also a factor which is very difficult also.

I also chose to add video games from the list of things to fast from simply because it's hard. During the week, I don't get to play video games a lot because I have a lot of things to do but now that I've reworked my schedule, I found myself trying to add video games into the free time that I would have. Because of that, I decided to kick video games into the list of things to fast from.

So far, I have been okay. It's been hard not to check my personal email because every time I open my browser at work, I see the number of e-mails I need to check and as it increases, it's becoming harder not to check it. Most of the time, my personal e-mail is full of things that don't matter--most of the time. But if I miss anything, oh well. That's just how it's going to have to be unless people decide to text me.

I'm looking forward to the extra time with God since I have been through a lot lately and my body is still physically recovering but as I've been putting the word back into my life (not that I ever left it but reading it more), I sense my love and faith muscles growing and my trust in God is reaching new heights. Things that I was having a hard time believing for are becoming easier and lately, I've been wanting to worship God for who he is. He does deserve it after all.

That was yesterday. We're going to see how today goes and when I spend time with God, let's see what juicy revelations he gives to me.