Lots of folks (including me) give up some kind of food during Lent. You could call it a weight-loss program — you lose the weight of your bad habits and sins.
Joel 2:12 (AMP)
“Even now,” says the Lord,
“Turn and come to Me with all your heart
[in genuine repentance],
With fasting and weeping and mourning
[until every barrier is removed
and the broken fellowship is restored].”
The Amplified version of the Bible adds words to clarify the meaning of a passage. Here, it connects fasting with repentance. The loss: the weight of my sin. The gain: fellowship with God.
Good morning, Lord. I pray, “forgive me,” and You do. And then I sin again, and You forgive again. I’m so sorry. Break the cycle, Lord! Teach me to think the way You do, to use my time well, to speak the truth in love, and to walk in obedience to Your commands — today and every day.
Yes and Amen!!
So be it, amen.