The Negativity Fast Experience
Honestly, I haven’t been as successful as I had hoped entering this challenge -- this “Negativity Fast” -- but I certainly have become more self-aware of my limits and personal filters/convictions and what I allow. And for me, that’s positive.
We’re just 4 days into the Negativity Fast at my local church. There’s still much to learn from and more discipline to build. There’s still time to grow. Better, there remains the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to operate and overflow within me, instead of relying on my own strength to refrain from being a conduit for negativity ... to stem, exist, and blossom.
As the process continues, I pray I will be an example for others; especially my daughters. I pray I will gain God-given wisdom to exercise restraint from accepting, sharing, reciprocating and (God forbid, Lord help!) generating negativity towards myself and others.
We are called to be both salt and light as believers. My prayer is that my life is one to be savored -- that it counts for something. A life that preserves the integrity of love, shares honesty, promotes truth, provides wholesomeness, purity and goodness. I pray that the Light shines throughout my walk on this earth, illuminating a path for others to find their way to Christ; dispelling the dark of deceit and sin. A life that reflects the Gospel in every way. From my speech to my walk, let it all be to God’s glory.
This experience has been enlightening, for sure. I purpose to make fasting from negativity a positive practice long after this seven-day corporate fast.