Day 1

Wichita Mtns. Wildlife Refuge

In the beginning ......

Today is the first day of a 40 Day fast for some of us.  Forty days of eating only one meal a day and completely fasting from desserts. 

It is really going better than I had expected it to.  Praise God!  I know that it is because of prayer!  And I am really thankful for those of you who are praying!  May you be richly blessed in return!

Dealing with the flesh is kind of like dealing with a two year old.  Sometimes, you just have to distract it!  So here is a list of 60 things to do in place of eating!

Remember ~

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.  ~  Romans 8:37

(now)  Sixty (positive) things to do…….

                             Instead of eating!

1. pray
2. read a devotion
3. call a friend
4. write a note
5. pull the weeds out of the flower bed
6. sit in the garden and sketch a picture
7. take a nice long spa bath (*)
8. start your novel
9. watch something that makes you laugh! (*)
10. go for a walk…
11. go visit a neighbor
12. get online and *talk* to somebody
13. memorize a Bible verse
14. go checkout the sunset….take your camera
15. shape your eyebrows *ouch*
16. write out your plans for the next day
17. take time to dream
18. begin a gratitude list
19. write down the day of the month, now list all the people who have birthdays on that day (regardless of their birth month)….soon you will have a calendar list of who to pray for each day of the month.  On the 25^th of each month, I pray for granddaughter, Gabby (Jan.) and grandson, Jailen (Aug.).  Now I pray for all my grandchildren daily, but on the 25^th of each month, I REALY pray for these two!
20. work on your scrap book
21. take time to journal
22. give yourself a manicure….hey, or go get one!
23. give yourself a pedicure…..hey, or go get one!
24. pick a topic that has always interested you and start learning more about it.
25. write out a weeks worth of menus
26. make your grocery list
27. go do your hair
28. crochet
29. knit
30. fold a load of clothes
31. pick one room and throw away ten things!...or recycle ten items!
32. write a thank  you card
33. plan a party or a lunch for you and two of your best friends
34. write a note to one of your children or grandchildren, telling them how special they are
35. take the vinegar and soda and clean the bathroom drains…it’s fun making volcanoes!
36. go through and organize old pictures…be sure and write names and dates on back
37. clean the patio door
38. go outside and just breathe!
39. clean out a drawer
40. read a book!
41. arrange flowers (limbs, leaves…whatever) for your table or mantel
42. take time to just listen
43. make a list of ten places you would like to visit and why
44. write out ten goals
45. write out your life’s mission statement
46. go online and visit a missionary’s website
47. go to the library
48. plant some seeds or re-pot a plant
49. learn to weave (do potholders count?)
50. pass out ten hugs!
51. shave your legs
52. make a cup of tea….apple cinnamon…yum!
53. clean off a shelf
54. exercise
55. go through your magazines and set aside the ones you are finished with to donate to a nursing home or retirement center
56.  take a child for ice cream (ice cream eaten with a child does not count as eating), better yet play catch!
57. clean your ears or clean out your purse
58. give your hair a hot oil treatment
59. look at seed catalogs
60. embroidery or cross stitch (when you finish, feel free to send them to me) ;)