Fasting or Feasting?

"A meal of bread and water in contented peace is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels."

I just finished my 13th 30 Hour Famine. I drew the severely malnourished card (again!), but still feasted afterward with my brothers and sisters in Christ. I hardly have words for this incredible 1st annual event. We raised $7,880 for World Vision and Feeding Children International. Our goal is $10,000 by Easter. Although our supplies to package the meals won't arrive until Monday afternoon (they got stuck in Buffalo...if you can help unload the 3 pallets when they arrive, let me know), we still had a blast! The youth would like to purchase another cell and set them both up downstairs. Their new motto on the LYFE Group bulletin board is "Faith Feeding the Future".

Another verse grabbed me today: "Receiving a gift is like getting a rare gemstone; any way you look at it, you see beauty refracted." It made me think of the Nooma video we saw called Rich. The food you eat: gift. The clean water you have: gift. The roof over your head: gift. The breath you just took: gift.

My name means a gift from God. How will I give myself away for the sake of the world?