Tag: Fasting and Feasting

  • Fasting and Feasting During Lent

    Here's a wonderful way to keep a Holy Lent, by William Arthur Ward:

        •    Fast from judging others; Feast on the Christ dwelling in them.
        •    Fast from emphasis on differences; Feast on the unity of life.
        •    Fast from apparent darkness; Feast on the reality of light.
        •    Fast from thoughts of illness; Feast on the healing power of God.
        •    Fast from words that pollute; Feast on phrases that purify.
        •    Fast from discontent; Feast on gratitude.
        •    Fast from anger; Feast on patience.
        •    Fast from pessimism; Feast on optimism.
        •    Fast from worry; Feast on divine order.
        •    Fast from complaining; Feast on appreciation.
        •    Fast from negatives; Feast on affirmatives.
        •    Fast from unrelenting pressures; Feast on unceasing prayer.
        •    Fast from hostility; Feast on non-resistance.
        •    Fast from bitterness; Feast on forgiveness.
        •    Fast from self-concern; Feast on compassion for others.
        •    Fast from personal anxiety; Feast on eternal truth.
        •    Fast from discouragements; Feast on hope.
        •    Fast from facts that depress; Feast on verities that uplift.
        •    Fast from lethargy; Feast on enthusiasm.
        •    Fast from thoughts that weaken; Feast on promises that inspire.
        •    Fast from shadows of sorrow; Feast on the sunlight of serenity.
        •    Fast from idle gossip; Feast on purposeful silence.
        •    Fast from problems that overwhelm; Feast on prayer that [strengthens].

    —William Arthur Ward (American author, teacher and pastor, 1921-1994.)