Typically, my regular, weekly fasting usually consists of giving up breakfast and lunch on Wednesdays. Fasting during Lent varies. For example, last year I gave up dinner. Additionally, my fasting entails a form of remembrance of my dependence upon God. However, one of the areas in which I felt challenged by Whitney was his push for Christians to consider and have a purpose in their fasting. Fasting can easily become “what I do,” losing the richness of drawing closer to Christ through focused prayer and meditation. Furthermore, as it relates especially to a Lenten fast, I valued Whitney’s words regarding fasting and our longing for Christ’s return: “Fasting sometimes seems the only way to answer the ache in our hearts for the consummation of all things, for the time when we are at last with God and all things are restored, made new, and made
Typically, my regular, weekly fasting usually consists of giving up breakfast and lunch on Wednesdays. Fasting during Lent varies. For example, last year I gave up dinner. Additionally, my fasting entails a form of remembrance of my dependence upon God. However, one of the areas in which I felt challenged by Whitney was his push for Christians to consider and have a purpose in their fasting. Fasting can easily become “what I do,” losing the richness of drawing closer to Christ through focused prayer and meditation. Furthermore, as it relates especially to a Lenten fast, I valued Whitney’s words regarding fasting and our longing for Christ’s return: “Fasting sometimes seems the only way to answer the ache in our hearts for the consummation of all things, for the time when we are at last with God and all things are restored, made new, and made