Bucket Full of Grace

I don't like the "Daniel Fast!"     Reading this title might make you think that I don't like the "Daniel Fast" because it's hard and I like my sugary foods, meat and dairy.  That is not what I meant by the title, although it is true.  I love meat and eggs and one week into the "Daniel Fast" I miss them.  However, my dislike of the "Daniel Fast" has nothing to do with it being difficult and being a challenge.  After trying this out for a week, I notice that it really hasn't been a biblical fast for me.  I have done water only fasts quite a few times throughout my Christian experience and they have been powerful times of prayer and mediation; freeing up the time that I had been spending preparing food, eating, and cleaning it up and using that time for prayer, mediation, and biblical study.  Every time I have done a water-fast I have felt like my emotions and my own thoughts get out of the way and I can hear the Lord the most clear