When I wake up tomorrow, it will be the beginning of my 3rd day of fasting from something I love which is sugar and rice.
I did the same thing last year, it has done me wonders and I want to carry on this practice again this year.
Me
I have failed to abstain from anything I love whenever I listen to my head.
My power fail me in the end.
I like to do the things that I want and not what I need.
I would listen to my irrational thought and justify my reason to act out. I would follow my way and end up where I do not want to be.
Now
During my fast, whenever I recognize the familiar old feeling of an urge, I just drank water and it solve the problem, I was thirsty and not hungry. I need water, not food.
When I feel any temptation before I sleep and after I wake up, I just recite The Lord’s prayer.
YOU
I did not know what actually happen to me, but after I have fasted in the last 2 days, I have experience and can tell the big difference every day. I was thinking of YOU my God more often. I am no more struggling, fasting help me to think of YOU.
Miracle
I did not have the usual craving thought for gambling and alcohol in the last 2 days. Where did all those temptations disappear to?
The wisdom here is not relying on my own strength to abstain from something I love.
The focus is on the power of God and praying for God’s strength to help me stay away from my temptations. Trusting God more and me less. Fasting is helping me to get closer to God.
I weight 86 kg before I start the fast.
Update 83 kg now