Fasting Day 2

So, day 2 of fasting was good. I don’t have much of an update other than I have learned 2 things that I want to share. First, taking 5 cups of black tea before 2 pm tends to pump so much caffeine into your body that it makes it hard to concentrate and pray. I came home from work around 3 pm on Friday to spend some time reading the Bible and praying. Of course I made some tea to help keep my mind off my very hungry stomach. As I was trying to read and pray I started to feel a bit jittery and all of a sudden my mind was racing and 10 different things where going through my head. I was trying to read the Bible but I was getting distracted by the things I wanted to buy at the market, wondering if the bank system was up and running so I could withdraw money, back to reading, then trying to focus on praying, but immediately forgetting what I was praying about and then back to making a list of what I wanted to buy – all in about 10 minutes. I had so much caffeine in my body I physically couldn’t sit still.

Second, I didn’t so much learn as observed how fatigued I got around 5 pm, it was as though I had run a marathon. I got to Ivan’s around 7 pm after the market and felt like I could barely stand up. I wasn’t trying to be dramatic but literally collapsed on the sofa. It makes sense when you think about it but I suppose I wasn’t expecting to feel so exhausted and weak. It was as though all the energy had been sapped from my body. The truth is that feeling that tired gave me something else to pray about – strength and endurance. It became very apparent to me that without God, not only is there no reason to fast (that would just be called starvation and no fun at all) but there is also no possible way to fast. I need Him to get through this week.

So far so good, as difficult as this is I am truly enjoying it.