I began my fast on January 5th. Having completed a fast before (for 5 days and non-spiritual reasons) I felt that this could be something that I needed to do. Much of 2014 was filled with emotions of fear and anxieties… there was a lot of change and often without any resolution, I was feeling like I just wasn’t myself… like at some point along the way I gave up. So I began the fast almost like I was called to it because it just kept popping up over the course of my birthday weekend. In the beginning I wrote down things/prayers that I wanted answered but as the days progressed I noticed that I did not really focus on them, that instead each day was letting the word sink into my heart and whether I remembered what I would read entirely or not I would let that guide me…