FASTING
There is a time for fasting and there is a time for feasting, Jesus teaches. The time for feasting during the Lent season is every Sunday as we unite in celebrating Christ's death and resurrection. The time for fasting would be the other six days per week.
If you've been an adherent to that tradition, “I'm giving up ____ for Lent,” well, let's realize that's only a tradition. There's no law that you can't change your mind and give up something different today, this week, the remainder of Lent, or the rest of this year! Do you wonder, is there something else from which you ought to fast? If that thought resonates with you, pray about it—it may very well be the still, small voice of the Holy Spirit. Listen and obey.
By the way, notice that the subject of fasting is often on Our Lord's mind? Like our parents, when He repeats Himself, it just might bear listening!
Prayer: Lord, I'm struggling with my self-imposed discipline (or, frankly, the lack thereof). Help me, please. I know what I need to do. Forgive my self-indulgence, my selfishness. Guide me and empower me by Your Spirit, I pray. Amen.
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