Breakfast today was a mix of raw and roasted almonds with roasted cashews and a banana. Because this was eaten at my desk at work, and I pretty much ate the whole time I was sitting there, I wasn't very hungry by the time I got home, and even if I had been, the walk from the Rite-Aid was a little more arduous than in previous days, and I was literally too tired for a whole hour afterward to do anything but sit down and rest my face on the front of the flat screen monitor. When I finally did feel like moving, I put on some brown rice and snacked on the pintos I'd put into the crock pot first thing after getting up this morning. When the rice was soft enough to eat, I scooped some up into a bowl, spooned in some pintos, and covered it all in the juice I created by the use of entirely too much cooking water, and that was supper. The flooding of the beans was by design; I like them soupy like that. It made a wonderful bean gravy for the rice. I haven't put a snack together, but it's time for one.
I'm feeling very happy about having made it down to my last two days of fasting. But I made a discovery on my YouVersion Bible app for cellphones that I wish I'd known was there when I started the fast: Bible/devotion plans! Not that I didn't know the Bible plans were there, but I hadn't looked at all, and I didn't know about the devotion plans. Wow! More than the typical handful of plans I've seen on other sites or in other programs, too, lots, and lots, and lots of them! There's even a plan suitable for a 21-day fast, which this is. I wouldn't even look at it. I'm just gonna save it and hope I remember it's there for the next time I do a Daniel Fast or any other type of fast that lasts 21 days.
Typically, I just pick a book of the Bible and listen to it during my commute, whether riding, walking, or waiting. Since downloading YouVersion, I've covered all of Apostle Paul's letters, all the books of prophecy, and the Sermon on the Mount. Now I'm in the second of the Books of Moses, Exodus. I already finished Genesis. I enjoy using YouVersion because, although not all the versions of the Bible are narrated, there are several that are, and most of those are actually rather well voiced. The English Standard Version has become my favorite. The man narrating is able to alter his voice just enough to distinguish not only between different speakers, but also emotional states without over-dramatizing to the point of distracting from the fact that I'm listening to the Holy Scriptures. And it's nice to know that Alexander Scourby, as great a narrator as he was, isn't the only one who can bring the Bible to life for me as the listener.
However, I also like reading devotions sometimes. These aren't narrated, though, so accessing them while in transit will greatly depend on light levels wherever I am. Since cellphone displays are notoriously hard to see in bright natural light, and the display on my phone became known for being particularly invisible by professional consumer product reviewers before it ever hit the market, that will be something that I'll have to save for when I'm inside or under outdoor conditions where it's shady. However, I'd like to begin a devotional plan or plans that will carry me through the summer. There are so many from which to choose in YouVersion that it'll be a major, albeit enjoyable, undertaking to choose which ones to follow. Who knows, there's one in there about food; maybe I'll start that one the day after my fast is finished, to keep me on track spiritually as I begin to put together my new way of eating.
Now, what shall be my snack right now? I know there's gonna be some fruit in there. And I liked the brown rice and almonds I did some days ago, maybe a little of that . . . .
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