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Give Up Already

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30

Good Enough, 145-149 Matthew 6:16-21

What has your experience been with fasting?

Whenever our bodies get involved, we move beyond the cerebral. And that’s God’s jam – reaching us right where we live. Perhaps a food-related fast will be the doorway for you into the cheerful discipline and freedom that Bonhoeffer speaks of. Or maybe your fast will be turning from bitter thoughts. Or even from the niceness that is a form of avoidance. Pick a fast, and try it out for the next four days. See if it creates more room for the Divine.

So maybe you’ve found that your fast has created more room. What has come in to take up that space?

God, help me clear out the clutter of ugly thoughts and useless things, so I can store up what is beautiful, useful, and of lasting value. Throughout this Lent, as I keep on exploring what fasting is about, show me what I truly love, that I might love and do what is truly good.

Amen.

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