| A Message From Our Father As we prepare for lent let us be reminded of the reason for the season |
LENT: FASTING AND FEASTING
Lent should be more than a time of fasting.
Lent should also be a joyous time of feasting.
Lent is a time to fast from certain things and Feast on others.
It is a season in which we should:
Fast from judging others…………………...Feast on Christ indwelling in them.
Fast from emphasis on differences………...Feast on the unity of life.
Fast from thoughts of illness……………….Feast on the healing power of God.
Fast from words that pollute………………. Feast on phrases that purify.
Fast from discontent……………………….Feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger……………………………..Feast on patience.
Fast from pessimism……………………….Feast on optimism.
Fast from worry…………………………......Feast on divine order.
Fast from complaining……………………..Feast on appreciation.
Fast from negatives…………………………Feast on affirmatives.
Fast from unrelenting pressures……… .Feast on unceasing prayer.
Fast from hostility…………………………. Feast on nonresistance.
Fast from bitterness…………………………Feast on forgiveness.
Fast from self-concern………………………Feast on compassion for others.
Fast from personal anxiety…………………Feast on eternal truth.
Fast from discouragement…………………Feast on hope.
Fast from facts that depress………………Feast on truths that uplift.
Fast from lethargy…………………………...Feast on enthusiasm.
Fast from suspicion………………………….Feast on truth.
Fast from thoughts that weaken……………..Feast on promises that inspire.
Fast from shadows of sorrow………………..Feast on sunlight and serenity.
Fast from idle gossip………………………...Feast on purposeful silence.
What do you desire to fast from? What do you wish to Feast on?
Lent should be more than a time of fasting.
Lent should also be a joyous time of feasting.
Lent is a time to fast from certain things and Feast on others.
It is a season in which we should:
Fast from judging others…………………...Feast on Christ indwelling in them.
Fast from emphasis on differences………...Feast on the unity of life.
Fast from thoughts of illness……………….Feast on the healing power of God.
Fast from words that pollute………………. Feast on phrases that purify.
Fast from discontent……………………….Feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger……………………………..Feast on patience.
Fast from pessimism……………………….Feast on optimism.
Fast from worry…………………………......Feast on divine order.
Fast from complaining……………………..Feast on appreciation.
Fast from negatives…………………………Feast on affirmatives.
Fast from unrelenting pressures……… .Feast on unceasing prayer.
Fast from hostility…………………………. Feast on nonresistance.
Fast from bitterness…………………………Feast on forgiveness.
Fast from self-concern………………………Feast on compassion for others.
Fast from personal anxiety…………………Feast on eternal truth.
Fast from discouragement…………………Feast on hope.
Fast from facts that depress………………Feast on truths that uplift.
Fast from lethargy…………………………...Feast on enthusiasm.
Fast from suspicion………………………….Feast on truth.
Fast from thoughts that weaken……………..Feast on promises that inspire.
Fast from shadows of sorrow………………..Feast on sunlight and serenity.
Fast from idle gossip………………………...Feast on purposeful silence.
What do you desire to fast from? What do you wish to Feast on?
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