The miracle of fasting

As I sat in the kitchen, I heard my sister and mother talking about fasting for twenty four hours. Out of a natural curiosity, I asked them why they had decided to fast (they have never engaged in fasting before). My sister answered saying "My friends parents, who have been married for like sixteen years, are thinking about separating, they got in a huge fight." Immediately I responded by saying that I would also like to participate. That night at 8:30 p.m, me, my mom, and my sister, would not eat for 24 hours. And every time that we thought of our hunger, it would remind us of the unfortunate seperation and we would pray for them. I would try to get on my knees in full surrender to our Lord in hope that his wonderful grace would be shown on this marriage, and with faith that his will would be done either way. There were several times that day I felt the full spirit of God descend on me and his grace radiate throughout my body. For once, I felt the completeness of full surrender to God. How glorious this was! The next night, we ended our fast and ate somewhat of a late dinner after one more deep prayer with our family. The next day, I found out that the night we ended our fast, EVERYTHING was back to normal and my sisters friends parents were as close as ever in their marriage. God is good!

IMAGINE

Can you imagine weightlesness? Think about the problems on earth that weight bring up: Stereotype, irrational judement, uncomfort, inadequacy to perform certain skills, etc... Weight makes things heavy, makes it difficult to carry certain objects and burdens. Weight is what makes a burden a burden.

I sat in a tub of water today as I meditated on God's word, I searched for a perfect balance, and could find none. When my hand was under the water, it was pulled to the top; when it was above the water, it was pulled to the bottom, there was no perfect balance. One could put their hand half in each, but as I tried this, it made simply an uncomfortable tension, half of my hand being pulled up, but the other pulled down.

This imperfection of balance will be impresent in the heavenly realm when we have reached eternity with God. Burdens will not be held, for they will lose their weight. I challenge you this, how much more will the absence of force other than that of the perfect God, affect a life of perfection? I think it is no mistake to make the assumption that the absence of gravity other than that towards our Lord and savior may be the best thing that a believer shall ever experience.