60 days! I can't believe these 60 days have gone by so fast. We have already arrived in March. It has been a whirlwind adventure. Partly physical, partly spiritual. Actually, mostly spiritual! I have grown leaps and bounds in the way I live, the way I act, the way I see the world. Jesus is truly changing me from the inside out. I am experiencing it all on the inside first. This is difficult for sure. I know I'm different, I feel it so much on the inside. However, other people aren't seeing it yet. I feel like I'm this completely different person but many people still see me as the way I was 3 months ago. It's hard to restore a reputation that was on its way downhill. I built myself in people's perceptions as depressed, angry, biting, cold and unforgiving. From the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. Now, I am in the process of detoxing my body as I detox my mind and spirit as well. It is such a cool experience to be able to see perfectly what is happening in the physical and know that it is a picture of what is happening in the spiritual.
Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure -- pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measure to you in return."
I am giving out. I am not holding anything back. I'm getting rid of the junk and allowing Christ to fill me up. I am giving and Jesus promises to give back pressed down, shaken together, and running over. This reminds me of when I was a child and I helped my dad clean up all the yard waste. We would put as much as could fit in the waste bin. Then, my dad would help me up on top of the yard waste and I would stomp on it and jump on it til it sunk down halfway. Then we would fill it up. A whole yard of leaves and sticks and brush would end up in the waste bin. God is doing that for me. I am giving up what is mine. I am measuring it in a generous manner. He is taking all of that and will return it with more and compact and POWERFUL!
The next step of this journey: pursue a friendship God has told me to pursue and begin a 10 day fast/detox the day after Easter.
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