If My Heart Was A House

Is this the kind of fasting I have chosen,

only a day for a man to humble himself?

Is it only for blowing one's head like a reed

and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?

Is that what you call a fast,

a day acceptable to the LORD?

"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:

to loose the chains of injustice

and untie the chords of the yoke,

to set the oppressed free

and break every yoke?

Is it not to share your food with the hungry

and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter--

when you see him naked, to clothe him,

and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

Then your light will break forth like the dawn,

and your healing will quickly appear;

then your righteousness will go before you,

and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

-Isaiah 58:5-8

A thought on Lent:

Fasting is such a beautiful act of love and worship to participate in.

Forty days of fasting is riveting, and draws one closer to God on a level that they previously couldn't even fathom.

What would it be like to fast from something for a year?

For your whole life?

How much more of ourselves would we surrender to Christ?

What does it truly mean to love Him with everything we have?

What does it mean to give everything to God?

Things to pray about.

"Even now," declares the LORD, "return to me with all your heart, "with fasting and weeping and mourning."

-Joel 2:12