Health Benefits of Fasting
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Thought i'd put this from post of an old member who hasnt been coming over... I am tired to think of more of my own words=)).
I have been more of a pessimist than optimist, even a complainer, but when i last tried fasting (which was partial or missing a meal only), i so wondered at the seeming stretching of my physical and spiritual capability. While i was often quiet and serious, i could now appreciate little things, laugh and giggle too at things and make light of what is already bothering another and in fact encourage. I say this not to boast, and in fact find some things so funny, like, (and this isnt the highlight of the fasting, ok, but) after doing my family's clothes for so many yrs, i suddenly realize that for the first time as i pulled out the clothes from the washer, a hanger somehow was among the items washed! Oohh, previously i might have reprimanded myself or found someone to blame, hehe, but this time just found something to laugh abt.
good night.
I have been more of a pessimist than optimist, even a complainer, but when i last tried fasting (which was partial or missing a meal only), i so wondered at the seeming stretching of my physical and spiritual capability. While i was often quiet and serious, i could now appreciate little things, laugh and giggle too at things and make light of what is already bothering another and in fact encourage. I say this not to boast, and in fact find some things so funny, like, (and this isnt the highlight of the fasting, ok, but) after doing my family's clothes for so many yrs, i suddenly realize that for the first time as i pulled out the clothes from the washer, a hanger somehow was among the items washed! Oohh, previously i might have reprimanded myself or found someone to blame, hehe, but this time just found something to laugh abt.
good night.
Yes, ive never found fasting easy. The last time, however, i was rather surprised, for i found my disposition different. I was in fact more cheerful and understanding of others, altho it was a partial fast...
One day i was listening to some music (as usual) and discovering some history of the song writers. Like this, As the Deer.
Song Scoops: As the Deer - Marty Nystrom
Marty Nystrom travelled to Dallas, Texas in the summer of 1981, because he was chasing…God? No, a girl. And, when his heart was broken over her, he bemoaned where he was stuck. It was a hot time of year (when is summertime in Dallas not hot?!), and he admits he might have gone home, except that “I didn’t have a ticket.” Amazingly, he took a friend’s advice to fast, to consume nothing but water as a way to draw himself back toward God. After 19 days Nystrom was in a pit, physically, not completely unlike what other Psalmists must have felt when they wrote ‘maskils’ (like Psalms 32, 42, 44-45, 52-55, 74, 78, 88-89, and 142). It’s a cry out to God. Now, Nystrom’s hurt over a girl might not seem as serious as some of the life-threatening episodes in the maskils we can read. But, if you’ve ever been in his shoes, you know what it’s like to be in a dump, emotionally. That’s where Marty Nystrom was in the early summer of 1981, and then later, after being nourished for many days with only water and the Spirit, he sat at a piano and read the words of Psalm 42. Nystrom’s song story has another twist. The words and the melody that he composed, though he couldn’t have known this, resonate in a special way with people on the opposite side of the globe from the song’s birthplace. In Korea, for instance, a worship conference that Nystrom attended in the 1990s began with 100,000 Koreans singing “As the Deer”. Amazing, or just routine when God has someone’s attention in a pit?
Marty Nystrom’s experience shows me again that God, when he’s trying to speak to me, takes away things that distract me. He won’t shout above the noise in my life, which might even be another person that I think He’s directed my way. But, if I can isolate myself from my surroundings, even if it hurts, that’s where He is. It might be tough on this planet with billions of people, but Nystrom’s chronicle tells me solitude is a valuable, even sacred goal. Perhaps that’s what 100,000 Koreans were hearing in this Texas desert tune.
One day i was listening to some music (as usual) and discovering some history of the song writers. Like this, As the Deer.
Song Scoops: As the Deer - Marty Nystrom
Marty Nystrom travelled to Dallas, Texas in the summer of 1981, because he was chasing…God? No, a girl. And, when his heart was broken over her, he bemoaned where he was stuck. It was a hot time of year (when is summertime in Dallas not hot?!), and he admits he might have gone home, except that “I didn’t have a ticket.” Amazingly, he took a friend’s advice to fast, to consume nothing but water as a way to draw himself back toward God. After 19 days Nystrom was in a pit, physically, not completely unlike what other Psalmists must have felt when they wrote ‘maskils’ (like Psalms 32, 42, 44-45, 52-55, 74, 78, 88-89, and 142). It’s a cry out to God. Now, Nystrom’s hurt over a girl might not seem as serious as some of the life-threatening episodes in the maskils we can read. But, if you’ve ever been in his shoes, you know what it’s like to be in a dump, emotionally. That’s where Marty Nystrom was in the early summer of 1981, and then later, after being nourished for many days with only water and the Spirit, he sat at a piano and read the words of Psalm 42. Nystrom’s song story has another twist. The words and the melody that he composed, though he couldn’t have known this, resonate in a special way with people on the opposite side of the globe from the song’s birthplace. In Korea, for instance, a worship conference that Nystrom attended in the 1990s began with 100,000 Koreans singing “As the Deer”. Amazing, or just routine when God has someone’s attention in a pit?
Marty Nystrom’s experience shows me again that God, when he’s trying to speak to me, takes away things that distract me. He won’t shout above the noise in my life, which might even be another person that I think He’s directed my way. But, if I can isolate myself from my surroundings, even if it hurts, that’s where He is. It might be tough on this planet with billions of people, but Nystrom’s chronicle tells me solitude is a valuable, even sacred goal. Perhaps that’s what 100,000 Koreans were hearing in this Texas desert tune.
fasting is easy for me, concerning food, growing up, it was a 'secondary priority' in my life,
as I as was starved as a child not only with food, but in many other ways...
on the opposite side, my precious hubby had a 'Mother-Father' who put him first in their
lives, the youngest of (5) with (4) sisters,and the only SON...they were totally filled with their gratitude
to God for blessing them with a Son and readily adored him as heir and a very special gift,
as they were both very much up in age when he was conceived...
they 'fed' him in so many of God's precious ways,..
we are polar opposites in this, and so when our Saviour joined us together, He made a way
for us to compliment each other and help and instinctively succor one another in order to make
sense of the differences of our circumstances from birth...
Jesus always knows what He is doing in each of our lives, and we must learn how to define these
special gifts in order to know how to understand each other and others, and work in unity to
please and serve our Saviour...
as I as was starved as a child not only with food, but in many other ways...
on the opposite side, my precious hubby had a 'Mother-Father' who put him first in their
lives, the youngest of (5) with (4) sisters,and the only SON...they were totally filled with their gratitude
to God for blessing them with a Son and readily adored him as heir and a very special gift,
as they were both very much up in age when he was conceived...
they 'fed' him in so many of God's precious ways,..
we are polar opposites in this, and so when our Saviour joined us together, He made a way
for us to compliment each other and help and instinctively succor one another in order to make
sense of the differences of our circumstances from birth...
Jesus always knows what He is doing in each of our lives, and we must learn how to define these
special gifts in order to know how to understand each other and others, and work in unity to
please and serve our Saviour...
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tears flowing for 'clay'!
we pray that you are 'fasting for your Saviour and His ways dear one,
whether it is for 'one day or for what ever time He gives you the strength to endure to do for Him...
only goodness and strength and growth can come from being convicted to submit in action for
the Love for our Saviour...
we pray that you are 'fasting for your Saviour and His ways dear one,
whether it is for 'one day or for what ever time He gives you the strength to endure to do for Him...
only goodness and strength and growth can come from being convicted to submit in action for
the Love for our Saviour...
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