I Don't Like the Daniel Fast
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...