About three weeks ago I went to an awakening with one of the other squads. There we had a sermon about saying “yes” to whatever it is that the Lord has asked you to. The lady speaking said, “He may be asking you to put a relationship on hold or fast your phone.” my first reaction was, “ain’t no way the Lord wants me to fast. I don’t have a problem with it, and I don’t need to give my phone up.” Well in doing that I actually silenced the Lord. Then when we got to Debrief in Pretoria we were given time to spend with the Lord, and I just kept feeling this being placed on my heart, so I decided to say yes.
I will be fasting my phone, laptop, and blogging for the whole month of November. Ive been feeling myself heading into a season of winter with the Lord, and I believe that without the extra distraction from my phone that I will be able to hear the Lord better and spend more time with Him. This will also allow me to be able to be fully present in my last month here in South Africa.
Now, it may seem as if I have it all together, and I’m just SO EXCITED to give up my line of communication with my family and friends; however, that is just not the case. I am actually very anxious about this next month of my life. I know the Lord tells us in Matthew 6:34: “Do not worry about tomorrow, for today has enough worries of its own.” Its just hard to not worry about becoming less relevant in the lives of the people that I care about. That being said, I’m just asking of you reading that that you can just pray for me and this next month of my life. I truly believe that I will become closer with the Lord, and I would just like to receive prayers against anything the Devil will try to fill my mind with.
Thank you for taking the time and reading my blog as well as supporting me on my journey.
-A.Star
