Jan 30th: You gotta go thru
My, my, my, my that was a trying week. Thru my church last week was the Daniel fast. A fast from entertainment, tv, facebook and other media, meat, fish, sweets, and all other forms of life. Yikes, with a capital Y-I. I was defiinitely tested during this time and tested again and broken down. My goodness. You name it, anything that could of happened did. Not usually, how I like my life. I am the happy, forward, opptimistic type that is also realistic and naturally excited. My God, I reached a point last Sunday and Monday where happiness could of been a desolate island; I’ve never found. I was hungry, irritable, and short paitent. My car had issues, had a few other setbacks, evey biller in the world sent me a larger bill for some reasons, and other trying issues came up in my everyday relationships with the world. GIVE ME A BREAK. The final straw, a client yelling at me 36 mph. Im sorry, what? Sighing. No more.
Im not afraid to admit it, I was doubtful. Why am I fasting? Where is the closet steak house? Ugh, I could go for a good movie and popcorn? I could use a stiff one. I shut out all parties, didn’t answer my phone and the clouds of doom and pestimism hung right over my head. I tried to pray. But, the lines up to heaven were experiencing technical difficulties. I was firing on one cyclinder.
I managed to whimper in a low voice a short audible prayer. It just said, “Lord help me now.” I repeated it several times. Until I felt the hungry and dark clouds parting. I opened my bible. Sighing. And just started reading for about 30 mins. I felt better. That next day, I called off work. My friend recommended I do so. I was hoping to sit around doing nothing but actually I prayed, went to see the sick, and offered as much as I could an encouraging word to another friend. That day. Literally, in two hours. Everything changed. Everything. The bills an error, received money in the mail 2x, the car fixed minor issue, the issues with people a mild misunderstanding, and the client called back that day much later to apologize. As for the food, hardly noticed anymore. I just ate more rabbit food more often and subscribed to the erin diet. LOL. The clouds were dispersing.
I had a visitor that arrived suddenly out of the blue, and that made me exceedingly happy. Provided a lift and encouragement. Temperance and virtue. Many thanks to you. I met up with my Coleman and he extended an ear, several laughs, and great conversation. Sighing, no matter where we are, I love you boy!
So all in all. A very trying week but I survived. After that storm, I realized I needed that. That I had to be tested to my faith to see just how much faith I had. I completed the fast. Lost 6lbs. Met some really cool ppl and other fashion designers. Got my website updated, came up with some super ideas, and got many other agenda items in order. Also, thru God’s grace, locked in some key dates, events, and networks that will power the G. Ingles company to the next level. You just wait and see.