Today I start on my 40-day fast.

Fast not in the conventional (from food) sense, but in the intellectual, thought-life sense.

But a fast from all the literature that I normally take refuge in, i.e. 8 Days, TODAY, Life!, Lifestyle, ST pullouts, magazines, etc.

In other words, the only real reading I'll do will be of the Bible and of Christian literature.

The fast also extends to music - only Christian music.

For the next 40 days (ending on the momentous 4 July :P), I'm going to seek to 'renew my mind' and soak in only His thoughts, His ways, His voice, Him.

Call it "intellectual detoxification" if you may. Am quite tired of always responding in a knee-jerk way, to circumstances and surroundings. No more.

Instead, my foundation is God. My direction and guidance to my actions are not based on what I see, but based on faith, on solely His leading and guidance, so that even if it may be foolish in the eyes of man or religion, it is God's wisdom, and that's what I want.

So today is Day 1. I chose not to bring out TODAY or the Urban pullout from ST. And perhaps, it's somewhat apt that I'm choosing to do this on the day that 8 Days comes out. To start off with a break from the normal routine of sinking into my bed with the mag and immersing in the world of gossip and of the stars.

Yah, seems harmless. But satan's strength is subtlety.

So, my 'input replacement', besides the Word, is this book "The Jesus I Never Knew" by Philip Yancey. Am really looking forward to this journey of discovering who Jesus REALLY is and how He's REALLY like. Pretty timely, too, that I'm going to Israel in June. Nothing beats seeing where Jesus lived and walked, firsthand. Brings a whole new perspective to what I read in the Word.

Really don't want my walk to be founded on a stereotypical image or 'statue' of who I think Jesus is like, but from afar. I want to get into His shoes, to feel His feelings, to know how and why He made certain decisions and did the things that He did.

I want to know Christ. Holy Spirit, open my eyes, that I may truly see.

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