Fasting Part 3

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities not powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 8:37-39

So I have been reading in Romans lately, and I love Romans! I always forget how much I like it until I start reading it again. I also finished reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's The Cost of Discipleship which is excellent, though it is very deep, and I think that I will have to read it again in the near future.

On the physical side of things, I have actually started to feel a little bit sick. I think that I might be starting to get a cold. I hope that it doesn't get too bad, because then I might have to end my fast early :(. As of right now, I am at 12 days, still 9 more to go.

I want to go over what kinds of juice are good to drink during fast. Drinks like orange juice or tomato juice are not good because they have high acidity which can be difficult for an empty stomach. I try to drink 100% pure juices with no added stuff. My favorite is apple juice and I drink the most of that. I also drink grape juice, grapefruit juice, and a blend that I found in the store of apple, banana, peach, and grape. Bill Bright recommends drinking vegetable juice in the evenings, and this is something that I have not done before, but I decided to try it this time. Japanese stores have some crazy vegetable juices which are mixes of like 30 different vegetables. I bought one which was disgusting, but when I mixed it with apple juice is became palatable. Unfortunately I wasn't careful because this drink was not just juice. It is important if you make your own juice that you are just drinking the juice. If you don't drink strained juice it will keep your digestive system from shutting down and won't be a real fast. Well, I learned from my mistake, and now I know what I should drink. I also have sports drinks like Gatorade or, in Japan, Aquarius and Pocari Sweat. I have found that I really need these if I am going to play sports. For example, on Sunday I played Ultimate for 3 or 4 hours and drank 2 liters of Aquarius. This brings up another important point. I have heard that it is not a good idea to play sports while fasting, but I am not actually sure what the physical effects are. I decided to participate in more physical activities this time because I kind of wanted to see what would happen, and I wanted to play Ultimate. So far physical activity has made me feel very weak, but I have been able to get through it with lots of Aquarius. Well that's enough for now. I have to go "eat" supper now.

Supper!