Back in the game
This weekend was particularly hard. Not just because it was the first time i did the 40 hour famine with two of my greatest passions (blogging and eating) but because the eating included drinking and drinking included coffee. I went to the barista course on saturday after youthtrain and was flooded by the delicious smell of coffee and had to make coffees without drinking them. I suppose it was a good test because when in the hospitality service one has to forget about his own comforts and focus on the needs of those he is serving. (my coffees did all turn out terrible mind you). After getting home i continued to absentmindedly head down to the kitchen to get something to eat. But i never ate :D just as i opened the fridge and saw all the beautiful foods i would remember i was on the famine. Eventually i locked myself up in my room where i read a book and texted people. (my computer famine was for the computer only). The evening was really fun though. I went to the 40hour famine sleep over at the friendship center. Dave and I went to fresh choice St Martins to find some empty boxes for making our carboard houses. I found a mate there and got him to get some boxes from the back for us. Everyone thought it very odd two fellows walking through a supermarket with carboard boxes, especially when we walked out and the checkout chicks were all looking at us so i told them we were just stealing their carboard boxes. Confused looks crossed their faces and Dave and I walked out and filled up my car boot with cardboard. Good times, good times. Anyway later on the night we watched some movies. Napoleon Dynamyte!!!! i finally got to see it! Woke up the next morning and went across the road to church. Then had a really big brunch. Waffles, fruit, potato chips, chips, wedges, savs, savories, etc. Now it's time for me to go to work. Cya tonight. If you're a sponser for me i am bringing my little book tonight.
4 Comments:
Yes, we did have a fun weekend :)
Hey Andy,
Caught you over on the muhammadandme blog: You were one of the few sane commenters, so I had to add you to the Faves.
Hope the fast went well.
Doing same for sister who has cancer and needs to be healed, and know God wants her that way too.
Bless.
Will be praying for your sister, brother.
When we suffer to help someone in need we gain so much. "What you do for the least of you, you do for me" and doing for God pays of for eternity. I really like the concept of depriving yourself to show someone that you will do anything to have them saved. A teacher at my school spoke to me about running a 12hour non-stop relay (teams of 6 around a stadium) to raise money for cancer. Each year he and his friends would raise over 1000 pounds (he lived in England at the time). It's definitely something i'm looking into for next year.
Got you.
However, suffering is not the point of the fast, rather putting off the less important that a Devine priority can be tended to.
Just because Jesus said "To obey is better than to sacrifice" doesn't mean sacrifice is meaningless. The priority is believing God.
I look forward to good news about the sister the next time we have a fellowship, and that'll be tonight.
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