Sugar Fast Day 26

It’s Day 26!

Today I have so many thoughts and emotions wrapped up in this fast and all that it is stirring up in me. This fast is so much more than giving up sugar for 40 days. It’s a time of transformation, where we take a deep dive into all that we have been through and all that we are. It is such a beautiful thing to be challenged in this life. It’s where we grow. And fasting surely does challenge us. It can be so hard. You can even feel like you’re drowning at times when you’re faced with difficulties, but I’ll tell you my friends, there is beauty within the ashes.

Let’s remind ourselves of the power of having Faith. Faith in what’s to come. Faith that whatever stuggles you may have been through they are all part of a bigger, greater plan where they can be used for something extraordinary. I want to you think back on a time or situation in your life that was dark, that left you lonely and full of fear, a time that was, well, bad. And then I want you to look for the beauty within it. I want you to take some quiet time and meditate on it. See what you uncover. See what you can be thankful for in it.

I have a handful or two of troubling times that I can look back on and see the beauty in, despite how painfully terrible they were in the moment. Years later some of those wounds are still too raw and intimate for me to discuss just yet, but my dad’s death is what I feel comfortable talking about in this moment. It was such a time of heartache and unbearable loss, and at times it still is. I don’t believe you ever stop missing those that have passed. But the moments leading up to his death were some of the most beautiful, humbling, sharpening, joyous, laughter-filled, precious times that I’ll ever remember. What an absolute gift. What a reason to rejoice within the pain and loss of it all.

Do you have something that you can rejoice in, despite the pain and loss? Sit, breathe, and pray on what that may be for you. There is so much beauty within the pain. Even if you haven’t experienced it yet, it’s on the horizon. Just keep your heart and eyes open. Take care you GB!

-Tara xo

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Scripture: “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” -Matthew 17:20