Sunday
Fasting & Feasting
Lent is more than a time of fasting, it can also be a joyous season of
feasting. Lent is a time to fast from certain things, and to feast on
others.
Fast from judging others
Feast on the Christ dwelling in them
Fast from emphasis on differences
Feast on the unity of life
Fast from apparant darknes
Feast on the reality of light
Fast from thoughts of illness
Feast on the healing power of God
Fast from words that pollute
Feast on words that purify
Fast from discontent
Feast on gratitude
Fast from anger
Feast on patience
Fast from pessimism
Feast on optimism
Fast from worry
Feast on Divine Providence
Fast from complaining
Feast on appreciation
Fast from negatives
Feast on affirmatives
Fast from unrelenting pleasures
Feast on unceasing prayer
Fast from hostility
Feast on peace
Fast from bitterness
Feast on forgiveness
Fast from self-concern
Feast on compassion for others
Fast from personal anxiety
Feast on trust
Fast from discouragement
Feast on hope
Fast from acts that tear down
Feast on acts which build up
Fast from thoughts that weaken
Feast on promises that inspire
Fast from idle gossip
Feast on purposeful silence
Fast from problems which overwhelm
Feast on prayer that undergirds
princess maddie.
