My 40 day sugar fast
Sugar Fast Day 19 Lately I have been feeling weary. Not so much from too much to do, but from mental fatigue. I am a creative and my mind is alway “on”. I am always thinking about new ideas and pondering. Sometimes it is difficult to shut my mind off and shut down. But I […]
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Sugar Fast Day 18 On day 13 I felt God nudging me to spend more time in His word. I spend a lot of time reading other people’s interpretation of God’s word rather than sitting with God and hearing what He has to say to me. This nudge has been getting stronger. So what does any faithful daughter
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Sugar Fast Day 17 It is good to stop and worship God. I am almost halfway through my sugar fast. As I look back through this journey thus far, I am grateful for the things that God is showing me. He is teaching me lessons about who He is, who I am in Him and
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Sugar Fast Day 16 It feels as if I have been on this fast forever. I’m not even halfway through, yet my desire for a piping hot, deliciously chocolaty mocha is calling to me. Why 40 days? Why not 21…the number of days it takes to form a new habit? In the Bible a lot of people went
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Sugar Fast Day 15 Life in healthcare is hard! I find this to be true even 4 years post-pandemic. Long hours, staffing changes, regulations to follow that seem to be fluid week to week. The list goes on. One challenge I see for both staff and the residents I serve is overcoming apathy. Covid is just the right
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Sugar Fast Day 14 Why is it so hard to be still? One of my favorite verses is Psalm 46:10. Be still and know that I am God. It is such a calming verse and it brings to my mind a vision of serenity and peace. I can feel myself exhale. But achieving this state
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Sugar Fast Day 13 Thirteen days into this fast and I have pretty well trained myself to not expect any sugar for the rest of the month. I’ve created new habits of eating differently and redirecting those fleeting desires for coffee dates. While I may not be actively consuming sugar, I still find myself asking what I
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Sugar Fast Day 12 Do you love God’s Word? My favorite scripture verse is about hiding God’s Word in my heart (Psalm 119:11). As I mentioned yesterday, I am on a journey away from sugar and towards creativity. Psalm 119 is the longest Psalm in the Bible—176 verses all about the psalmist’s LOVE for God’s
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Sugar Fast Day 11 The LORD said to Abram: Go out from your land, your relatives, and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1) This morning I was reading Lysa Terkeurst’s Made To Crave Devotional. She was talking about God asking her to go to a new place. For her it
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Sugar Fast Day 10 Today was a lesson in overcoming temptation. This morning when I opened my email my inbox had an enticing offer from my favorite coffee place. I had to delete it. But not before being tempted enough to open the email and see what the offer was. The Bible tells me that I will never
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