Week 1: Focus is food. I will eat only seven foods this week... I haven't eaten anything yet! Ha! However, next to me is a glass of water and not a cup of coffee. I don't think that giving up coffee is going to be some sort of "miracle change" in me... but I do think that going without all the choices and "comforts and habits" will make me more aware of the privileges in my life an awareness of the "life I expect." Rather than living a life that GOD would expect.
Hatmaker writes... "How can this be meaningful, not just narcissistic?" That is a key question. This is something that I am doing, but I don't want it to be about me. She also writes that the book was written from "a place of repentance not arrogance." That is key:
A friend once told me about a "Jesus Juke." For instance, in this article, the author writes that he tweeted about a big crowd at a concert, and someone commented, "If we had a big concert for Jesus, no one would come." Hear the horn? Wah, Wah, Wah.... This kind of response creates shame and never leads to good conversation. That is NOT the intent of this experience! It is all about GENERATING great conversation! Conversation that is centered on God's kingdom; here and now!
And one more goal (speaking of conversation)... I have never been the greatest at praying-- I know, odd because I am studying to be a pastor, and most people probably think that pastors just sit around all day and pray (my husband certainly thinks that). But, I don't. So, I hope that prayer can also be a focus of this experience. And not prayer like some poetic dissertation, but just a common conversation with God. I preached about it on Sunday-- I sure would like to be able to do it.
Well, I am going to finish my glass of water now. Coffee is made with water... maybe it is kind of the same thing! Ha.
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