Day 2️⃣8️⃣
Well… we’re nearly there mates. Today on my walk, I couldn’t embrace the beautiful weather any more than I wanted to. It was a perfect day—70 degrees, clear skies, nice breeze. Was a good time to enjoy being present without any distractions. On this walk, I did what most of us don’t really do (or at least me). And that is looking up at the heavens and tree branches that hung over my head. So many years I’ve been focused on looking straight ahead or intermitted glamps of the ground. There is so much beauty above us that we don’t realize it. I wanted no distractions from the mind or my phone. Just simply be and take in nature how it presents itself over me. Sometime things come up, other’s times a new color across the leaves embrace me. At times I shed a small tear of happiness. All in all it’s a moment I felt grounded on my own two feet for what came my way. Accept it for what it is and not think twice about anything. Grateful I felt. Not because of my fast, but existing. These past 3-4 days I’ve been on 50 calories or less. On top, I accumulated about 10K steps (2.5miles) each day and I’m starting to feel a bit like I’m fading. My speeches are slower. When I get up from sitting for extended time, I get dizzy. When I’m watching a show, I tend to get sleepy. Having this be my last full day of the fast, I think my body is telling me I should regain my regular intake meals. My body has been pushed. Feel like my strength has dwindled to a lower level I’m not used to. This was a good learning curve. One that I’ll miss and take to heart.
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ Acts 20:35 (NIV)
Prayer-God, thank You for providing for my every need. At all times, You are my source of strength, hope, and peace, and You have blessed me abundantly. Today, please help me to recognize Your blessings, and share them with others. Help me to love and care for others as you have loved and cared for me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.