Fasting Negativity – Part One

November 27th, 2009

In talking with a youth group leader this week, I discovered that the LWC youth are doing a special fast.  They are fasting negativity, which means they are not allowing negativity into what they think, say or hear.

I wonder what our world would be like if everyone fasted negativity for a week?  So I decided to try it.  I wasn’t going to let myself think negative things.  I was going to say positive, encouraging words to everyone I meet.  And finally, I decided to tune out all of the negative words that entered into my hearing.  (By the way, I found this to be the most difficult piece.  Our world is full of negativity.)

So as I post this, I am 4 days into my fast.  And let me tell you, I was tested on this immediately.  I started this on Tuesday and that evening I was hit by two troubling events that rocked my world.  And in all honesty, I didn’t handle the hits very well at all.  Negative thinking and frustration entered into my world in time- warp speed and brought my fasting success to a screeching halt.  As I muddled through my bad attitude, I remembered my fast, and once again got to humble myself before the Lord in repentance.  Amazingly, His mercies are new every morning.  So, I picked myself up, dusted myself off, and began my fast again.  Next week, I’ll tell you how this whole thing concludes and what I learned from the experience.  To be continued…

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