Fasting is a very foreign subject matter to me. Even having read about the spiritual benefits Foster talks about in Celebration of Discipline opened my eyes to an outlet I have never experience or even really thought about in my walk with God. Outside of the small mentions of people fasting throughout the bible I have not spent time thinking deeper beyond the face value of action of not eating. So when Foster stated, "Therefore, in experiences of fasting we are not so much abstaining from food as we are feasting on the word of God. Fasting is feasting!" (55) you can possibly imagine my eyes opening wide in amazement.
My response to this chapter is simply to sit in prayer. Because the discipline of fasting is new to me I want to take the time to seek God's guidance and not simply jump head first into doing-doing-doing! Instead of practicing this discipline just yet, I am sitting with it. Reflecting. And asking for guidance in the when, where, and how questions from my Father who loves me.
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