I've decided to fast...

No, I'm not saying it here to tell those who read my blog "hey, look at me!" I'm writing it to keep myself accountable to myself. In the past 18 months or so, I've fasted twice. Both times were just so I could find God again, when it seemed He wasn't around. Yeah, I know He's "around", but sometimes it feels like He's far away. It helped me to regain a spiritual focus those two times (I'd never fasted of my own accord before then, just when doing it as a church or whatever), so I'm hoping to have a similar experience this time too. My spiritual life is so dry right now, and my faith and hope are at all-time lows, so I'm praying this will at least help to restore my hope that things can and will get better, and my faith that God does provide, because it seems that He hasn't been lately. (Okay, yes we have a home, but it's been a nightmare!) So anyway, I'm doing a Daniel fast, starting with a week. Basically for me, that's a vegetarian diet without sweets (no chocolate!) and caffeine, etc. I'm not legalistic about it, so we'll see what happens.