Fasting Again

There ae so many types of fasting!! Did you know that you can fast totally, without food or liquids? This fast is a short one, and has to be really led by the Lord.

There is fasting from all food and liquids, except for water. Maybe this is what Jesus did when he went into the wilderness. The Bible isn't specific on the details.

There is fasting from food, but taking water, juice, etc.

There is partial fasting, with no eating or drinking during daylight hours, then having a meal after dark and/or before dawn.

And, not related to food, but to the addictions that creep up on us, there is fasting from almost any and all human activities: negative talk, TV, movies, sports, reading, media of various types, etc.

The duration of fasting is up to the person doing it. There are articles that say it takes a minimum of 3 days to fully experience the impact. Some are for one day a week, but for many weeks.

When food and drink are involved, categories of people are recommended not to do this activity: pregnant and nursing women, children, the ill and elderly.

The main reasons for fasting are to learn more about who we are now, and who we can become. God really likes to talk with us but we get so busy, caught up in our habits and trapped by the things of this world, it is difficult to hear Him. Fasting is one means to open up the communication and put other things on hold so there can be quality time......unless other addictions interfere.

For me, the total fasting from food was easier than this time of taking one meal a day. But for each of these periods, one of the things coming to light is my addiction to computer solitaire. Friends and family already knew that this is an issue for me. But now I can't gloss it over so much. Good thing there are lots of demands on my time for now.

If you haven't tried something like this, you might want to try it out and discover something new about yourself.