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HI, This is Dorette Schaal with your daily eword. I’m wondering if you have ever decided to try fasting a meal, for or a day, or a week. Did you notice anything changing in your life? If you read Isaiah 58, you will notice a list of benefits of fasting. If you never have fasted at all, it might be worth a try! If you’re a regular “faster”, good for you! Fasting is a great way to have a “clean slate.” A phrase that I thought about for this week is cleansing the palate. If you’ve ever eaten at a really fancy restaurant, very often between courses they bring you a tiny scoop of frozen sorbet to cleanse the tongue from the previous tastes. How often do we just go from one thing to the next without sitting down, taking a cleansing breath before going forward to the next thing on our list. Let’s change that this week! Here is your encouraging word for today.
One thing I have noticed in my life is that when I do take a moment to “cleanse the palate”, the very next person I need to talk to gives me a call. Or the person who has something that I need sees me in the store, and has it in their car. God just has a way of making things easier for us if we let him. It amazes me how often I am just about to pick up the phone to take care of things that are pressing, and that person calls me. It just shows me what a kind God we serve……He really is there to help us, even with little things.
2 Cor 7:1 tells us since we have so many promises, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates the body or spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. There is “stuff” that tries to contaminate us everyday. It could be bitterness, unresolved issues from our past, negative attitudes around us (or in us), or any other thing you can think of. We just can’t let anything past our heart. We are told in Proverbs to guard our heart, because out of it flow the issues of life. We are told to guard our lips….we can’t let just anything pass over them. We are to guard our ears and eyes. We need to watch what we hear, and what we see. To remain undefiled, we can’t let our senses be defiled. We need to cleanse our palate from the things we are negative or detrimental, and move ahead with a clean slate. Turn it off, walk away from the unbecoming conversation, or keep your mouth, eyes or ears closed. We need to deal with the next “issue” with a clean heart. That simple cleansing moment can make all the difference. Holiness can then be perfected in us. We can stay undefiled by the world, pure of heart, mind, and spirit.
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