What are your plans for this day that comes just once every four years? It's an ordinary day around our household today... hubby has left for work, the kids are off to school and I am just about to start my work day.
However, I want to make this Leap Day extraordinary by blogging about 58:'s February fast because today is Fast Day at Live 58:! This month's fast has become even more meaningful to me, I think, because I am in the midst of my own fasting through Lent.
CRISIS in Turkana, Kenya from World Relief on Vimeo.
Today...
Then Jesus said to his followers, "If people want to follow me, they must give up the things they want. They must be willing even to give up their lives to follow me. Those who want to save their lives will give up true life, and those who give up their lives for me will have true life. It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls. The Son of Man will come again with his Father's glory and with his angels. At that time, he will reward them for what they have done."
~ Matthew 16:24-27, NCV
Are you ready for some fast living?
To take the leap on this Leap Day?
To take the leap on this Leap Day?
Well, this month's Live 58: fast takes us to Kenya with World Relief!
And, the project? To provide emergency food items such as beans, corn and cooking oil to the most vulnerable and adversely affected people and communities in the remote, drought-stricken areas of Turkana, Kenya. This food is especially essential for those who have lost all their crops and livestock. Most have no stored food or savings to buy the little food that is available in the markets.
Here's a video to help you learn more about the work of World Relief in Turkana, Kenya.
{Please pause the Playlist on the sidebar of this blog as you watch the video.}
And, the project? To provide emergency food items such as beans, corn and cooking oil to the most vulnerable and adversely affected people and communities in the remote, drought-stricken areas of Turkana, Kenya. This food is especially essential for those who have lost all their crops and livestock. Most have no stored food or savings to buy the little food that is available in the markets.
Here's a video to help you learn more about the work of World Relief in Turkana, Kenya.
{Please pause the Playlist on the sidebar of this blog as you watch the video.}
CRISIS in Turkana, Kenya from World Relief on Vimeo.
Today...
Instead of lunch, buy some beans.
Instead of a new pair of shoes, buy a few bushels of corn.
Instead of that weekend getaway, buy many gallons of cooking oil.
Instead of a new pair of shoes, buy a few bushels of corn.
Instead of that weekend getaway, buy many gallons of cooking oil.
So, are you inspired to take the leap?
If so, please visit this link to donate via Live 58:.
If so, please visit this link to donate via Live 58:.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
~ James 1:27, NIV
During this season of Lent, I have been inspired by the daily videos over at Chris Seay's A Place At The Table. Chris is the one who started the movement called Advent Conspiracy. Check out the short videos... I promise you will be blessed! I am eagerly awaiting my copy of A Place At The Table in print form. I think it's going to be a very good read!
Living the fast of Isaiah 58... it is the religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless! It is The Practice of Fasting that I choose to live out... living out the greatest of commandments...
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Living the fast of Isaiah 58... it is the religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless! It is The Practice of Fasting that I choose to live out... living out the greatest of commandments...
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