Most of you are probably wondering why I would choose to put myself through this; a simple question, with a decently long explanation.
First of all, I am a Seventh-Day Adventist, and have been my entire life. Like the name suggests, we SDA's hold the Sabbath with high regard. However, what is done on the Sabbath, besides going to church, has typically been left up to the individual. I grew up in a rather liberal household, and so we children were not really held to any rules governing our Sabbath behavior, except for no working. This only got worse as I went to college.
It was recently pointed out to me, by Pastor Bobby (while not officially a pastor, Bobby is a pastor to me), that these actions were hypocritical to my SDA faith, and that new potential-Christians might be turned away from Christianity if they saw me doing this. I couldn't let that happen, and so sought to do something about it.
I recently was on (actually, I just got off of it) a Internet/TV/Movie fast that lasted for 2 weeks, which I am now calling Project Fast. I decided to do Project Fast at the urging of another pastor of mine, Josh. Fasting is a spiritual discipline that traditionally involves people forgoing eating and drinking for a set period of time. In the past this was a big deal, because the majority of people's days were devoted to the preparation of food; not so much today, because of the invention of grocery stores. If I wanted to truly fast, Josh said, then i should seek to cut out the portion of my life that was the largest, and devote that time to God; for the ancients it was food, for me it was Internet/TV/Movies. I successfully completed 2 weeks of Project Fast. While it was a good experience, I am glad it is over. What I took from Project Fast is that I can actually, with a little bit of accountability, keep a fast.
I am therefore, honoring the suggestion of both my pastors, Bobby and Josh, by keeping the Sabbath with fasting from pretty much everything in my life, and devoting the time to God.
It probably won't be easy, but the good things in life rarely are.
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