During the season of Lent we are called to fast. Does the word "fast" frighten you? Does it mean something hard, distasteful, or meaningless? After His baptism Jesus was called into a "desert place" where He fasted for 40 days and nights. He calls us also into a desert place where we can find wonderful joy because HE is there! We are called to join Him in this fast so we can rest awhile with Him. Why should we fast? The greatest reason is because Jesus fasted! And we are called to follow Him, to imitate Him, to be His disciples. George Herbert said it this way,

"Who goes the way that Christ hath gone, 

Is much more like to meet with Him,

Than one who journeys by byways."

Let us all resolve as we being our fast to go the way that He has gone!

Prayer: "Loving God, help me to be all you would have me to be, in Jesus' name, Amen."