Cleansing the Body, Soul & Spirit

Starting January 1, I cut back on everything, cutting out all sweets, alcohol & rich foods, and beginning with Epiphany, January 6, it has been a strict Daniel Fast - no meats, no dairy products, simply fruits, vegetables, whole grains and detox herbal teas.

I'm trying to cleanse the temple, while believing God for a healing. I've been anointed and prayed for by people of faith, more times than I can count, but today, the Lord spoke through a dear local pastor to go even deeper, so starting tomorrow - 21 days of water!

It's amazing what we will do when it's a matter of life & death, especially in the natural. The humbling part of this is the challenge to have the natural reflect the spiritual and vice versa.

The reality - I hate fasting most any time, but a cancerous biopsy has a way of motivating you. But what about a spirit biopsy? What unhealthy, spiritual cells reside down in my soul? Unforgiveness, resentment, guilt, condemnation, disobedience, unbelief?

It's one thing for me to deal with all of this personally & privately, but I don't live a private life. I lead a community, shepherd a flock, and with a name like Healing Grace, I desire to live into our name and model Kingdom faith.

We have been humbled by the prayers & support and encouraged by the love & kindness; all the while feeling the tension between trust & medical treatment and not allowing the corporate focus to be on me, rather than what the Lord is about in our midst.

So tomorrow, the next step in this journey begins - water, 21 days, and an expectation that the one, who baptizes in Spirit & fire, will baptize me afresh and take me deeper into His presence than ever before, with a bodily healing simply a byproduct of the Healing Grace permeating my soul & spirit.

The Spirit and the Bride say come!