End of Food Fast

What have I learned from these past two weeks of FOOD FAST and what does the Lord want me to do with it?  

We have so much.  

Eyes open to the little things

We are eating WELL off of what’s in our cupboards, which speaks... doesn't it?  I am certain I have enough food to survive fairly well for a month if we had to.

I sat down the beginning of the week and came up with a plan for the next 2 weeks of meals, making sure that I use up the things that will perish first and save the frozen things, canned goods, etc. for the days to come.  Which, in and of itself...was a good exercise in frugality and resourcefulness.  I found the following website SO helpful. You can type in 1, 2 or 3 ingredients that you want to use up and there are recipes galore!                                        

http://www.bigoven.com/recipes/leftovers

Introduction to 7 by Jen Hatmaker

7

an experimental mutiny against excess 

by Jen Hatmaker

A little over a week in a half ago, a friend from high school posted on facebook asking if anyone would like to join an online book discussion group. I jumped in without thinking about it much at all. I had recently been looking for this sort of thing anyway, but a little cautious about joining a group of people I didn't know. So, when I saw that someone I knew was doing it (even though I haven't really seen or talked to her since high school, 20-something years ago) I guess I felt like it was the answer to something I had been desiring. Instantly I got excited about the idea and quickly went on Amazon.com to give the book a quick look over, ordered it and here I am, smack dab in the middle of a book discussion group full of people (nearly 40) that I don't know

...and loving it.

A quick overview of what this book is about. Jen Hatmaker writes about her journey through an experimental mutiny (fast) in seven major areas

of excess found in American culture:

Clothes

Spending

Waste

Food

Possessions

Media

Stress