Day 6

I felt good today. My shoulders, elbows and legs are burning though. I'm sure that my body is searching for protein. Well, I hope that instead of eating at my muscle (what little I do have), that my body will eat away at the fat...or just expel it. No headache, but my stomach still feels like a big bubble is inside of it. Energy began to fade again at the middle of the day. Cleaning the church and setting up chairs didn't go as quickly as I would've liked it to, but I am grateful for a wife who desires to keep The Lord's house excellent as well. She was a great help today. We were able to come home and just hang out and watch tv (which we never have time for). We watched a couple of hours worth of Extreme Cheapskates and it was hilarious. That's a whole other blog though. Sex was good today, and the first time since I started this fast. That's the longest we've gone without sex since we were married. I'm pretty sure we both needed (or just extremely wanted) it. I didn't have as much energy as usual, but it was better than I planned. Climax was CRAZY! Yeah, gotta make sure the kiddos don't get a hold of this blog...ha! I've lost 8 lbs. I wasn't going to weigh myself, but I did. Get over it.

Joshua 3:1 - Then Joshua rose up early in the morning...

I know that it's important to get up in the morning, and it's a blessing each and every time. However, I believe that the Bible talks of rising up early because it's important to rise up early! Pretty simple, huh? Satan never stops, and he certainly doesn't quit because it's early. Tonight, one of our students from the church was admitted to the hospital because he took a lot of pills last night. Crystal and I were able to go and sit with him, talk with he and his parents, and pray with and for him. It was a good moment, but it didn't have to happen. I have to make a habit of rising up early and covering our youth, my family, our future. I'm not going to sit back and let the enemy run away with something that has my name written all over it! Not the plan I have for this ministry or life at all. Young people need a helping hand and one that leads them to The Lord. I plan on doing all that I can to make sure that continues to happen. It's the will of The Lord in and on my life, surely. I'm encouraged. I won't write anymore tonight because I have to get up early for church.