It is really amazing to me when i see people who restrain themselves from food especially in the system of fasting and prayers because to me, it sounds like holding my breath for a very long time. food is life and i dont joke with life but i know of a woman that do fast for 72hrs straight without food and water then I wonder how many lives she has. One morning I told my siblings that i was going to start fasting on a Monday for 12hrs, 6:00am to 6:00pm. My brother said no, that i shouldn't because things are quite expensive and they cant afford to buy a casket at least not now. I wonder who he thought was going to die if it's me or hunger?!.
Finally on monday morning, immediately i woke up that morning i went straight to the fridge and brushed my teeth with two bottles of cokes and bread from the fridge. I felt disappointed because i didn't even know when I opened the fridge talk less of when i held a drink from it and i didn't even remember that i was on fast. That is how monday canceled.
On Tuesday, i woke up and i was perceiving meat pie and some fry foods around 6:30am, I went into the kitchen and i saw my sister making meat pies for work then i started complimenting her, "Do you know you're such a wonderful cook?, for this pie to wake me up from bed this morning it must be really delicious. Mmmmm i knew it" she smiled at me and my compliment while i grinned back but i didn't know what has happened until i began feeling tasty that was when i realized that i had already eaten about two meat pies from the kitchen. At this point i could imagine God watching me in heaven with his decoder on channel 911, shrugging his shoulders and feeling disappointed on how he even made this person out of his own image and likeness.
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Wednesday morning i woke up and prayed, i told God that i must fast today no matter wether food likes it or not. Finally started fasting for the first time ever since i was born, i fasted till 11:00am in the morning and i was already shivering then i heard hunger whispering to my ear, "see how you are vibrating like generator. young man, i have not started with you yet, I still have 7 hours!" i pretended as if i didn't hear and when it was about 1:pm my nose started malfunction then i could perceive all sort of meals that are being prepared 720 miles away from me. I knew this was the devil tempting me the same way he tempted christ after he fasted for 40 days and 40 nights. Although my own temptations were more than three.
That afternoon my siblings prepared different kinds of meal mostly my favorite ones. I knew they were instructed by that evil spirit of hunger that has been tormenting me. The aroma made my tummy rumble and i heard hunger speaking to me again, "You are joking with me joken't you??" I kept quiet and endured the rumbling tummy. And when it was 4:00pm i turned to pickup my phone and i saw three of my phones i didn't understand it and my eyes no longer could see clearly as everything began to triple the closer i look at objects the plentiful they became. i knew the end was near if something doesn't get inside my tummy but i have just two hours to finally tell the devil that i am indeed a successor and overcomer of hunger.
Unfortunately two hours started feeling like two days, i decided to sleep and hopefully wake up by 6:00pm to end my fast and eat everything i see the kitchen. I closed my eyes around 4:15 and rested for about an hour plus then i opened my eyes and i saw 4:22pm. Am i going back in time or the clock just decided not to crawl today. After i endured till 6:00pm when i was supposed to eat i didn't have any appetite for food. Somehow that spirit of hunger ran away from me after seeing how stubborn i was. Although i intended to fast that same way for a week, but that was the only day i could risked my life to fast😂 you can tell me about your fasting experience too. See you in the comments guys have a great day.
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That's a funny conversation you had with hunger. 😃😃 It's not easy to go on a fast when you are not used to it. I do this exercise often and distract myself with work and other things.
I'm happy you endured till 6pm. Yay 😃. Did you eat a heavy meal to celebrate your successful fast? Haha
Hahaha.. yes you're right dear.. when you are used to it it becomes part of you.
Actually i lost my appetite completely by 6.pm and it was encouraging me to fast till morning 😂😂..
But no i still remember i ate for times that night😂💔
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I think I an hunger need to have a chat too because I don't understand what's going on these days.
Hahaha if i may ask @nelson-george what has been going on?
It's hunger that was going to die 😂 so hilarious
Oh my goodness! You imagined this yourself? This is so funny but very serious, God disappointed at his creation 🥲😅
Oh how I hate the way time slows down anytime I want it to be fast and vice versa 😂😂
I can't tell my fasting experience, I think it's worse 🙈😂
hahhaa it's just me feeling disappointed and im sure God was too because of how careless i was.
Hahaha.. my dear please share it with me i love to hear people's own side of a story too..
Maybe I'll share mine in a post but not today or later 😅
😆😆 Dont mind him @merit.ahama
😂😂😂😂 @didipaul i dont know where to start laughing from sef. You're always funny and i love reading your posts especially when it's talking about comedy.
I have never done 6 to 6 before tho the last time i tried it i didn't know when i already finished two plates of egusi and eba😂😂 omor i really need to start my own fasting too and you'll wait to hear my own story 😂
Hahaaaaha.. richie man thanks so much you really need to start yours indeed o and im sure it will make a great post here after that .. hahahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHA you have no idea how much I laughed. I LOVE to eat!
My church frequently organizes fasts and I often participate but it's so hard, I feel like I'm going to die! If I delay eating too much I get a bad headache and then a stomach ache, so for my health I don't do long fasts haha.
i am glad you laughed because it ain't easy to make someone laugh haha.
Everybody feels this same when fasting. And i heard its going to change when you are used to fasts.
I've been really good at fasting...I always had the best time of my life on fasting days because I tend to avoid doing some of the chores in the house and most times I hardly made it past 12pm...it started to be my break time..
I wonder how the hunger you saw looked like because the one I have seen isn't fine at all 😥😂😂
Hahaha.. 12pm break time? That hilarious haha.
Haha. I knew it can never be a nice looking one. Those guys are terrible > <
😂😂😂I can relate... everything is so slow when you're hungry
Haha my man it was really frustrating at that moment and everything became so annoying to me.
Never will i forget this day😆. So you actually made a post bout this😆 you know you almost died if not for your sister 🤣 i have an open ticket for you to fill because I'm dropping one soon and it will be a special dedication to first twin hehehe..
😄 nkor utor ado?. I've had same akpan