Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Not So Fast
This past Sunday our pastor challenged us to make a 21-day "Daniel Fast." (see Daniel 1:8-16) So I'm mostly on fruits, vegetables, whole grains, etc. No meat. No coffee/soda. No candy. For three weeks.
Now I'm not one to fast with a gloomy face, but is it really "fair" that Dina-the-birthday-girl chose to go to the Roadhouse for dinner tonight? She has filet mignon, I have steamed broccoli and a bacon-bitsless baked potato. I mean, c'mon!
Now I suppose there's room for specualation as to whether Daniel would have partaken of Ben & Jerry's Baklava ice cream. However, the Bible passage specifies that Daniel refused to eat "the king's food." Since Ben & Jerry were giving free scoops of ice cream out to whoever showed up, king's men or hoi polloi, I'm not sweating it.
Now I'm not one to fast with a gloomy face, but is it really "fair" that Dina-the-birthday-girl chose to go to the Roadhouse for dinner tonight? She has filet mignon, I have steamed broccoli and a bacon-bitsless baked potato. I mean, c'mon!
Now I suppose there's room for specualation as to whether Daniel would have partaken of Ben & Jerry's Baklava ice cream. However, the Bible passage specifies that Daniel refused to eat "the king's food." Since Ben & Jerry were giving free scoops of ice cream out to whoever showed up, king's men or hoi polloi, I'm not sweating it.
Mikesell
3 Snarky Remarks:
Either you're going to feel very good, or it's going to be a cranky time in the Mikesell household. But I admire your determination. Actually, I suspect you will feel much better in three weeks.
lindaruth, at 12:39 PM
I suspect things will go well, too, Linda. (I like the verse in Matthew; being cranky about the fast negates its purpose, so I have little compulsion to go there ... thus far.)
I'm rather glad to have gotten past the prime rib siren song early in the process; it would have been much more difficult and much less "fair" if it had come on Day 19 or 20.
I'm rather glad to have gotten past the prime rib siren song early in the process; it would have been much more difficult and much less "fair" if it had come on Day 19 or 20.
Great Blog! I enjoyed reading it!
Vicki
Vicki