Fasting is a discipline that I have done before many times with my youth group at church. We do a 30-hour famine each year with the students in middle school and high school to raise money for various things. So fasting from food was something that I have done before and felt like this discipline, this time, I should do something different that is going to be different and not completely easy.
So for the discipline of fasting, I decided to fast from music and shows that is not honoring to God; to basically only listen to Christian music and to watch shows that were appropriate to watch. This is something that seems not very trying but living in the culture we do today, everything is promoting non-Christian things. This task was a little hard because some of my favorite songs are not portraying a Christian view and some of my favorite shows as well. In the end I succeeded and made it through, it was hard at times to not turn on some music or a show that I am use to but instead read the Bible or watched a movie or listened to a Christian song. I loved this challenge because it made me really conscious of what I was doing and made me evaluate my life.
Morgan:
ReplyDeleteThis is something that I also want to challenge myself with. I tried to fast from food, but with my busy schedule it didn't feel as though I was actually fasting. I feel that fasting from music and television that does not support Christian living would be a better fit for me, not because I failed at food, but because I will be more intentional in my actions and possibly get better results. Thanks so much for sharing! I'm glad you met your fast with success and grew because of it!