Amber B. requested that I update you all on my first week back to the disciplines. So I am going to update you all on how it went. Here is what I have been thinking this last week.
Fasting: It really helped to me to remember that I am spirit and body. The two go together; they are not separate. It wasn't that difficult to do. I began to get a little hungry towards the end of the day and really wanted food. But that is to be expected.
Silence: It is going to be more than just not speaking on a day once a month. I am going to eliminate noise from my life. So riding in the car I am going to have no music or radio. I believe it was Henri Nouwen that said Christians should have quiet houses. They should have lack of noise so that it leaves God room to speak. Because it has been said that God is not in the wind, the earthquake or the storm but in the still silence. This will also look like not listening to music or watching a movie while going to sleep.
Frugality: Spending under $3 at Starbucks or Diedrich. Not ordering the best thing on the menu when eating out.
That's about all for now. Next weekend will be my first weekend of Silence and Solitude. I will let you know how it goes.
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That's good stuff, buddy. I especially liked what you said about not ordering the best thing on the menu when eating out...good stuff.
I have been thinking a lot lately about what you are doing and I may be joining this thing soon. I am currently reading Searching for God Knows What, and I am considering reading either Willard's Spirit of the Disciplines or Foster's Celebration of Discipline. We'll see.
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