My Spiritual Journey

They say that fasting is a personal endeavor, something performed predominately in solitude. The Bible says when you are fasting to keep it to yourself…to not be boastful or puffed up about the fact that you are abstaining from food. To partake in such things is to already have received your reward. I believe that whole-heartedly.

Today is August 6, 2011, day 6 of Ramadan, the sixth of my fast. In case you are wondering or you are just plain curious, no, I am not Muslim. I do however believe in fasting and prayer and supplication. What better time to take a pilgrimage, not towards Mecca, but towards The Almighty God, The Lord Jesus Christ, my Savior.

Fasting is not about just giving up a meal or two for a few hours as most people perceive. Fasting is about focusing your Mind, Body, and Soul. When you abstain from food for a certain period of time you are telling your body, your flesh, “You are not the boss of me, you have no power over me and you must do as I say and not do the things that you want to do when you want to do them.”

Ramadan in and of itself is a time of reflection, a time of repentance, a time of rededication, and a time of abstinence. There are very few humans on this earth that cannot benefit from this practice. That is why Ramadan is the time I choose to partake of my heavenly voyage. The Bible says “Where two or three are gathered, He is in the midst of them.” Millions all over the world, Muslim and Christian alike have joined on one accord to think of nothing but God and all things Holy.

I have always said if all men could have the Faith of a Christian to believe that Jesus died so that we may live and that He washed away all our sins and forgave us…and if we could Pray five times a day and give Alms to the poor as a Muslim, and Meditate on Our Heavenly Father like the Hindu people do to their god…and Witness like the Jehovah’s…and Praise God like the Holiness Churches….and Worship Jesus and be baptized like the Baptists…and Confess our sins and Repent to Jesus like the Catholics do with their priest, this world would be filled with God’s chosen people who would be More Than Conquerors!