fasting

When I considered the idea of a Daniel fast the first thought that crossed my mind was "Sweet, I could lose a little weight too" I knew that I was not in the right mind or spiritual place for that type of fast. But I still wanted to engage the fast somehow. As I have stated before I am an information junkie. CNN at home, in the car, on the internet, you name it. I love to hear all angles of all the news. The political pundits became my friends from July to November last year. So I realized that was an area that I was hearing the world and not taking the opportunity to hear what the Lord had to speak to me. Now I listen to 107.1 in the car going to work and when I get to an area where the signal gets bad I just turn off the radio and sit in the silence or I pray, usually both. This has become a nice time of peace and reflection.
To all of you who are doing the Daniel fast I pray for you and the mysteries God is revealing to you. I am excited to see what the next couple of weeks brings for each of us personally and our church. It is an awesome time of anticipation and expectation for where God is leading us next. Hang on to your hat. I think we need to be ready for a wonderful ride. :)
Regarding our summer, it is full of baseball, tennis, camp, reading group, swimming lessons, trombone lessons, etc. We have agreed as a family to hold a couple of times each week "sacred." We have movie night (or Guitar Hero) on Friday night and Family Fun on Sunday afternoons. We have gone to the lake a couple of times, went to see a movie, went to Jersey Freeze. It is has been fun to figure out unique, inexpensive ideas. If any body has any suggestions I would love to hear them.
Take care and stay cool!
joy