I had every intention of updating my blog yesterday with day 2 and 3 of fasting but I didn’t manage my time very well and traffic out of Kampala was a disaster.
Day 4 was good and surprisingly easy in terms of not feeling completely distracted by hunger. I went to Kampala for church and spent several hours after in amazing, encouraging conversation with my dear friend afterwards (that is were poor time management came in). By the time I got back home it was time for a wedding meeting for one of our friends (I'll explain that more later) and then time for dinner with Ivan. All in all it was a great Sunday.
As the days go on I continue to learn more about fasting and what it is truly like to deprive myself of food for the sake of my relationship with God and precious time with Him. I suppose one thing I am sad to realize is that fasting doesn’t automatically mean more time in prayer or more time with God. The same distractions that keep me from focused, heartfelt prayer and time with God are still there and it is just as easy to go about my day separated from God. It makes me sad and frustrated. I am 100% confident that the Enemy uses any distractions possible to keep us from quality prayer time with God. As the days continue I am going to be more aware of the distractions that could potentially rob me of time in prayer and I will take more charge of not letting the Enemy get his way. And as an extra precautionary measure I will cut back on the black tea.
More to come….
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