Lent: Day 15
#Lent Day 15: Fasting from Spiritual Self-Protection. WHOO, Jesus is trying me with these fasts. Can’t I go back to just giving up candy or somethin?! These daily fasts from 40 Days of Decrease are challenging me like nothing I’ve experienced lately, so I must be on the right track :-D. Here we go: “Self-protection is not always unhealthy. It is the right response to danger: we self-protect when we do not feel safe. Therefore, when we spiritually self-protect, is it because we do not feel safe with God? Due to past hurts and abuses from spiritual leaders or just life’s disappointments and dead dreams, we maintain a polite distance from deeper levels of intimacy with God. Today, ask the Holy Spirit to alert you when you are shrinking back from God. Take note of the situation and later attempt to process the “why?”–Alicia Britt Chole, 40 Days of Decrease