Bread of Life!

For some time now, I have been toying with the notion of implementing the discipline of weekly, spiritual fasting.

I am very drawn to the idea of practicing a 24 hour fast once a week and I believe that I am ready to commit to doing this for a two year period.

I don't think playing with this discipline and just trying it once or twice will serve any useful purpose. I do think however, that if I commit to this practice, in the simplest, most straightforward and intentional way possible, that God will accomplish great things in and through me.

The other day, I read a line from a blog that said, "If you have a pulse, God has a purpose for you."

That line prompted a deeper thinking in me, as it relates to both my own purpose and to the discipline of fasting.

You see, I believe that my purpose in this life, is to be a living bread for others. I believe that I am here to nourish, to enrich and to "feed" others. I believe my purpose is to help satisfy the hunger of individuals, who like myself, are hungry for more than mere physical sustenance.

Somehow, in some mysterious way, I think spiritual fasting will help me to become a more wholesome and satisfying bread for others.

No, I am not elevating myself to the level of God. I know that God, and God alone sustains all life; but isn't it wonderful to think of each of our lives as a kind of living bread?

Isn't it wonderful to think that each of us has the power to sustain and to nourish life in unimaginable ways?

I want to be like Christ Jesus. I want to be living bread for others!

Lord, bless this unworthy vessel and make it so!