Day 31 of Month 1

One more meal of my "7" experiment, and then I will enjoy some of the things I have been craving (don't need to give specifics...quite enough of those in recent posts).  However, when I think about those things, I realize, yes, I am looking forward to having them again, but now I know I can do without them, too.  I guess that is one more thing this month has proven to me:  I can do without things I think I cannot do without.  I have been reminded He supplies all my NEEDS...not my WANTS, not my DESIRES, but my NEEDS.

And now, this is on my mind...

"After Jesus' fast, He began healing, rescuing, redeeming.  The Spirit filled up the emptiness Jesus created, launching Him into ministry.  In some supernatural way the abstinence from food was the catalyst for Jesus' unveiling; the real fireworks were next.  Never again would Jesus fly under the radar.  His powerful ministry was activated, inviting worship and opposition, salvation, and death.  After thirty years on earth, His story truly began.  'He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them He was hungry.' (Luke 4:2)  I am hungry."-J. Hatmaker, 7: an experimental mutiny against excess