Fasting

Day 158 Raw * Day 1 Diva Detox

For the first day EVER fasting from food for me... I did GREAT! Even on a really busy day... I think it was perfect.. it kept me really busy... and also it seemed very fitting to fast on a Sunday.
Like giving my body a day of rest from the work of digestion.

God definitely arrived on the scene, which I really had not anticipated.
I ended up going into the service for the first time in a LONG time in the morning and hearing our guest speaker who spoke about Jesus overturning the money changers tables at the temple. He actually spoke on what we do to keep each other "out", and what we do to box God in. I think it was an amazing lesson. I felt like God asked me to fast from communion, just for the AM.
The idea was being conscious about what it would feel like to not have access to God.. the very ritual that gets us closer to Him. What if I was denied the right to take communion based on my skin color or any other myriad of reasons people find to keep each other away from God.
In the case of the story he was using, it was a spotless lamb (an expensive one) and the right kind of money that was keeping people away from God.

So I sat. And I thought about the privilege of just receiving communion. And I fasted from that as I fasted from food. It was truly a beautiful experience.

I broke my fast with a small bowl of strawberries and a glass of lemon water... it tasted divine.
Huh, actually I broke it with the evening communion. I forgot. How cool!

I also had the company of a friend who I have known for a very long time. A friend whose friendship is by itself a story of redemption.
We went and picked out the perfect watermelons which was a process... but well worth it.
When I opened it up this morning and had a slice it might just be the best I have ever had!

What I ate today:

• Watermelon slush for breakfast.
• Watermelon for lunch.
• Rainbow Smoothie for mid afternoon.
• And I believe I am going to have a salad for dinner.

I am going to whip up an experimental dressing with no oil or salt... wish me luck!

It is strange how my appetite slowly came back. I had to make myself eat this morning... and then it was after I had been up about an hour and a half. I finally started feeling hungry about the rainbow smoothie and now I know I will happily enjoy a big salad.