Enjoy this Lenten excerpt from the January-February 2014 Scarboro Missions:
Fasting and Feasting
Lent can be more than a time of fasting. It can also be a season of feasting. A time to…
– Fast from judging others; feast on Christ living in them.
– Fast from emphasis on differences; feast on the unity of all 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 discontent; feast on gratitude.
– Fast from anger; feast on patience.
– Fast from pessimism; feast on joy.
– Fast from worry; feast on trust.
– Fast from guilt; feast on freedom.
– Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.
– Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.
– Fast from negativity; feast on affirmation.
– Fast from stress; feast on self-care.
– Fast from anxiety and fear; feast on faith.
– Fast from hostility; feast on peace.
– Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.
– Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others.
– Fast from discouragement; feast on hope.
– Fast from apathy; feast on enthusiasm.
– Fast from suspicions; feast on truth.
– Fast from idle gossip; feast on spreading good news.
– Fast from words that wound; feast on words that heal.
– Fast from talking; feast on listening.
– Fast from thoughts that weaken; feast on promises that inspire.
– Fast from problems that overwhelm us; feast on prayer.
– Fast from everything that separates us from God; feast on everything that draws us to God.
Adapted from a prayer by William Arthur Ward, 1921-1994. Taken from the January-February 2014 Scarboro Missions