We’re after it, but we don’t have it yet.
This thing has been REALLY hard. We’re on day 11, and I’m just as hungry this morning as I was on day 2. Here’s the thing though: I’m really excited, but I was so close to giving up last night, because I’m frankly a little frustrated. I don’t mind not having food, as long as I can have God, but over the past 11 days I felt like I’ve had neither. So as I’m lying on my bed contemplating whether this is even worth it last night, I breathed in through my nose and all of a sudden smelled a strong fragrance of flowers – no idea what kind though. I breathed again and it was gone. I thought I must have been imagining it until a couple minutes later I smelled it again for one breath, and then gone. This happened 2 or 3 more times as I laid there, and I just got the sense that we were getting really really close to breaking through – close enough to smell it! This wasn’t just an ordinary smell. It was the same thing I experienced at the Calvary Campground: An aroma that permeated your nostrils and throat, but wasn’t abrasive. It was so strong you could taste it, but it wasn’t irritating. It was heavenly!
Lord, let us endure this thing, even if it means being hungry every day for the next 29 days, we’re not giving up!
Chris
