it's not an overnight thing
I need to work on my attitude with the fasting. I'm doing it (though sometimes lunch is hard to be perfect on it) but reluctantly. Not the right spirit....
But day by day
Yes?? Wonderful - and thanks! It will be a bit of time (probably after Pascha). Android or Apple?Ahem.
Then perhaps you can beta test both? If you are up to it! I'll be happy to have you test either one.
I have an iPad mini 2, and an old iPad mini that I *might* be able to coax to download and install a new app over wifi.
SkypeI'd like to get an idea of how many people want to participate. If we could get 10 people, we could each do 2 Kathismas a person each week, and between us all, we could read the Psalter every week. After that, we could move to the next section.
For example, I could do Kathisma 1 and 2 the first week, you could do 3 and 4, etc. The following week, I could do 3 and 4, you could do 5 and 6, etc. More than that is great, but it is difficult sometimes to go beyond that for me!
I'm up for suggestions though
I don't even want to talk about how badly I'm doing.
I'm supposed to have a level of protein that requires some meat. So I'm on a modified Fast. But then I Fast more strictly than I'm supposed to, and it doesn't SEEM intentional, I'm just choosing those foods. Days go by, and I NEED the protein, so I break the fast I was given.
I feel like I'm completely taking things in my own hands, both to be too strict AND to disregard. This is my biggest "failure" yet, lol, on both counts. Never messed up both ways at once. That must take talent, lol.
And in the meantime, my proteins are too low. AND I discovered something yesterday might be connected to all this cancer treatment stuff that I thought was unrelated, so I must find a specialist ASAP on that and ... it depletes the body of protein (and water).
Lovely. I've started missing some Church services too. But I'm hanging onto my prayers for dear life. Still not begun the Psalter.
I'm starting to see a pattern in Great Lent. God has a way of humbling me at this time. Maybe joy is reserved for the Nativity fasts ... at least in my case, and at least for now.
Glory to God!
Thank you, Yeshua.
Very true. I sometimes wonder how to avoid spending so much time focusing on the food, rather than having it be a tool. For example, I end up scouring tons of vegan cookbooks each week (plus the online resources). It's a tough balance. Sometimes it is easy to focus on the food rather than the discipline and intent of the fast.
