Sunday

Day one of 40 days of community. As I ended 40 hours of fasting with taking communion this morning I was struck with how much thought was consumed by the fast. the hunger was ever present in my life. Why don't I feel that much continuing hunger after God? I have become complacent in how things are and something is missing. I want to be consumed, I want to be as hungry for God every moment as I was without food. We are amazed that someone would ask us to go without food for 40 hours but what if someone asked us to go without praising or serving God for 40 hours. I am ashamed to admit that the food one is the harder one for me. I hope to change this. Everything I do, I want to show God and his love. Let my words be His words.
Tomorrow night is BJ's Buddies night. We will be starting on the journey of 40 days of learning to love. I think the real hard part will be finding opportunities to love the unloveables in our midst. We are committed to doing some serving everyday, whether a card of appreciation, visit to hospital or reaching out to our community. And it is not just me reaching out but me and others reaching out. forming community to serve community. i have a lot to learn in these days to come. Bring on this journey .....I am ready....!