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Why a 60 day juice fast you ask?

1)      To lose weight.

2)      To break my addiction to food and overeating.

3)      To renew my commitment to be Obedient to God in everything.

Ok, let me clarify a little bit about this journey I’m on.

I’ve wanted to be a missionary for a while. I can’t say a long time b/c it wasn’t until college that I finally stopped running into the brick wall that was my plan for my life and turned around to see a glimpse of the amazingness that is God’s plan.

Where to? Well that’s easy. I’ve been in love with England for as far as I can remember. I’ve wanted to live there from the moment I learned that my mother had a sister waaaay across the pond. So England it is but when?  

A year ago I was on a short term mission trip to Mexico and I heard God’s direction more clearly than I’ve ever heard before in my life. “You have one year. Get ready.” 2 sentences + 1 command = 1 VERY excited Stephanie.  At least for a while... A year is a long time. [but not really]

Fast forward 6 months & you find me moving across town, signing a yearlong lease and trying to ignore the comments of a certain worship leader about how “he thought God told me I only had a year left in November” [;)]

 Official move in day was a Friday night. The beginning of the most epic week I’d had in a while.  Long story short, I moved in, cut my foot, mirror shattered, heard an amazing sermon on what church really is, had beautiful communion and worship with my friends all culminating to a Thursday morning surprise meeting at work where they tell us we’re all getting laid off at the end of August.

Well then…

So, even though I told God “We’ll see,” about the one year time-line He was obviously serious.

So now I’m getting ready, for realsies.

I’m paying down debt, saving money, putting my name out there, deepening my relationship with Him, and finally addressing my biggest hindrance with this desire.

My weight.

It’s been my greatest challenge in my life for as long as I can remember. I was crying out to God one night, really questioning how I was even going to be able to survive living in England with all this weight and the struggle I have with overeating. I heard the faintest whisper. “Let me have it.” Come on God! I need answers, am I supposed to have surgery? I’m losing my JOB God, I can’t waste the vacation time and the recovery time and the money on that! “Let me have it.” I’m just going to have to put it off. I will start now and I can be ready to go in a couple years. “Would you just let me have it?!”

Woah.

Ok, you can have it. Please take this burden, help me find the strength to overcome this. Again and again I’ve prayed to let Him have it but I’ve never truly given God my struggle. I’ve never sacrificed my pleasure, my desires, my opinions and just given Him all of it.

Until now.

Now I’m on this fast. This 60 day fruit & veggie juice fast. It’s insane and difficult and incredible and weird and I’m on day 5 and I don’t want to quit yet. I’m doing it for the three reasons I mentioned at the top of the blog. I’m doing it for me, for my future husband, my future kids, my family, and the people God has called me to love and serve and share His Gospel with. I’m doing this as a sacrifice for Him. He gave me His life… I can give Him two months of solid food.

Love. Love. Love.