Getting started

So our church is all participating in a 28 day fast. The fast will be different for each individual, depending on what God has put on their hearts. It is not just a fast from food. It is a lifestyle fast. Basically we prayed that God would reveal what is getting in the way of our pursuing him on a deeper level, and that thing (attitude, behavior, activity) is the object of our fast.

He also encouraged us that if we were already having daily time with God to pray about how to "take it to the next level."

As Brad and I prayed, it became clear that we needed to fast from sleep. We are staying up to late and therefore too tired to get up early to spend time with God. So we are going to get up earlier and try to go to bed earlier, so that we can dedicate that time to the Lord.

As I prayed, the idea of blogging kept coming to my mind. I really love to spend time alone with God, but since this pregnancy, I can find many excuses to put it last on my list. So I believe God was leading me to blog my daily devotional findings so that I have accountablitly. This is why I emailed you.

Accountability is a high motivator for me, so I'm sending this to a few of my friends. I don't expect you to read this daily, you don't ever have to read it if you don't want to. (It's no secret that I'm not a fan of reading people's blogs!) BUT, the pure fact that one of you could log on at any time or day and check me, is accountability enough.

I'm excited to give up a little sleep to pursue God on a deeper level. Thanks for being there, or not---I'll never know and it doesn't matter--does that make since? I guess that is the draw of blogging, you just talk whether someone is listening or not.

P.S. I can't get the spell check to work, so please excuse my mistakes, English friends.