break fast
break, fast
...break [the] fast
Something about the word fast creates energy and excitement. In the morning you eat breakfast. Breakfast is breaking the fast of the several hours since you last ate. 11pm to 7am. Breakfast. The best meal of the day, right? There are good things associated with breaking the fast.
These are things that were in my mind as I was reaching the end of my last corporate fast. Move quickly. Change something. Break, fast. There is so much excitement that comes with this idea. I started day-drooling about the things I could engage in and consume after breaking the fast. Well I got convicted the last 48 hours of the fast. I was pretty ready to just rush through the last few days as quickly as possible when I thought "why wasn't I ever as excited during the thing as I am now that the end is fast-ly approaching?"
I hurry through a lot of things. I can't wait for the end of the work day, I get excited when I'm in the final minutes of my workout, I even rush through meals. But when did I start getting so excited about rushing God? More excited to "break fast" than to spend time with my creator.
There was more celebration, praise, and rejoicing when the fast was complete than encouragement, support, and prayer while I was on it. When did we start rushing God?
Maybe someone else will get a kick out of this like I did a moment ago. The meaning that is so commonly used for this word I've been discussing (fast) is not the first definition in Merriam Webster. It's not even the second. But you know what does comes up first...
1. firmly fixed
2. firmly loyal
Maybe we should all reconsider what it means to break the fast. What are we really "breaking" away from. Just a thought.
The best is yet to come,
~Adwoa
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