You’ve heard me mention my mom’s double knee replacement a lot this week… I still can’t get the image of a 72 year old woman gritting her teeth like an Olympic athlete as she bent her new knees a few more degrees than she did the day before.  I asked her how she was able to keep doing this… she lifted her finger to the sky and gave Jesus full credit… I then asked her this question…. ‘do you think mom you would be able to ‘face and embrace’ this kind of crazy pain each day if  you weren’t seeing PROGRESS?   Maybe it’s incremental, but knowing there’s progress and results on the other side of the pain… somehow gave mom a sense of  empowerment to face her pain once again the next day!

Huge lesson in this.

People need to see progress …  or their commitment to sacrifice comforts, such as food during a fast, will wear thin and they will lose heart.

So what God-results are you seeing during the AWAKENING fast?    We need to share those results with each other.  Why?   So God’s gets the glory, [remember moms uplifted hand?]  we also need to share our ‘progress reports’  because others need their hearts ignited, like mine was when i saw mom’s courage and perseverance.  People need stories.   Even if it’s incremental progress, the drive to face pain and further growth is enhanced if we believe  that our investments are working.

stay strong… stay enthused

i want to strongly encourage all of us to pay close attention to the ‘details’ of God’s presence, direction and voice during the fast… for guys like me, I tend to think about something key and specific, then lose it over time, I’m taking a different approach this time.

I am paying attention to the details!