The basket is empty
The chocolate bunny is eaten
The fast is over
So what now?
If you gave up cookies for lent are you now eating a bag of oreos?
If you gave up a glass of wine are you now drinking a bottle?
If you gave up _____________ are you giving into it now?
When we fasted from the weights of this world
the past 40 days
did it bring you closer to God
because your eyes were fixed on His Son?
I know it did for me
as I had to fast
as I was the one who has been
spouting off my mouth the past 40 days about fasting,
and wow
it has been life changing.
So what do I do now...
become anxious
forgetting I fasted from that,
anxious as
I have been dreading this
41st Day
Because now what?
Do I put Jesus back in the tomb until Christmas
when I place Him back in the manger in 252 days?
But Jesus didn't put Himself back in the tomb.
Immediately
He rises
and
moves forward
not looking back
even though
He still wore the scars in His hands and His feet.
He moved forward
Walking as the
Risen One
He is for real
as
He said to doubting Thomas~
“Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side.
Do not doubt but believe. John 20:27
It is really Me
The Risen Lord
He has risen to walk with you
on this
41st Day~
The Day After
because
it is really about
the
41st Day:
Living Daily with the Risen Lord
because
we can't undo what has already been done?
It is finished.
Where are your 40 pounds that you lost?
Are you tempted to gain them back?
Which pound tries to keep weighing you down?
Sad to say
but the temptation to gain back the weight
is so great
but
you can let it go again
and it gets
easier and lighter
as He gets bigger in your life…
because He came to carry your weight.
Fasting Defined:
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians 4:9
It is by
Putting into Practice.
It is a forever process until forever comes.
Say no to the cookie yes to the carrot.
All choices.
Over my lifetime
I lost 500 pounds
hmm... actually more than that
but I did it the wrong way,
losing a lot more than i planned~
Myself...
and then I
gained myself back
because of the
Risen One
Who
fed me with
Himself
All of Him
Who enables me
Who enables you
to live weightless
flying above all that tries to weigh you down
on this
41st Day!
Are you ready to put off and put on..
And live Waitless in the moment?
Because
the wait is over~
He has risen
to walk with us.
As long as we are on this earth there is a lot of weight to lose
so
will you join me and continue to lose more pounds
as we
take the hand of the
Risen One
who wants to walk with us on the
41st Day..
Because
what do you have to lose?