Michael, you had asked for response to your fasting article so I wanted to tell you my experience with fasting. I fasted everything but water this week MTW because I was off of work and wanted to spend the time soaking in the Lord. I spent several hours in praise, prayer and reading the Word each day. The second night I woke up at about 11:00 PM very sickly nauseated, shaky and a headache. As a nurse my first thought was in the flesh, "I must have a low blood sugar from not eating, I need to eat." Then I thought, "no, God is bigger than a blood sugar." I began to pray, "God, you created me, you know what my body needs, please strengthen me to faithfully finish this fast." It was dark in my bedroom and my eyes were closed but I saw a very bright brief flash of bright light and soon after that I felt a numbing warmth come over my body and all my sickness was gone. It was an absolutely amazing experience. I praised God for a while after that and then I went back to sleep and woke up the next morning feeling fine. The Lord allowed me to finish my fast without difficulty and I have tremendously enjoyed spending time with Him and drawing closer to Him. I was not especially hungry this morning but my husband urged me to eat. Food I was accustomed to before the fast tastes so much bolder, sweeter and saltier. I thought that was odd. My fast has given me a burden to pray for the hungry. I live in a land of the plenty and never in my entire life have I ever had to go even a half day without food. These 3 days have brought me closer to God and He has granted me so much peace, love and joy. He answered questions for me that I had even forgotten that I asked about Him! Anyway, I once again thank you for your encouraging article on fasting. It is definitely worth it! All the glory be to God!

Kerry