Amazing and your inflammation leaving for good is a sign that autophagy really does kick in during a fast. The body rids itself of inflammation, disease and zombie cells in a fasted state. Thanks so much for sharing!!

I have chills head to toe. Thank you so much for sharing your story! It’s incredible! It’s incredible how He works. Years ago I didn’t know what I believed in..

It was Summer 2019. It was the end of the rope for me. I had this fire in my belly that divine intervention was leading me to the South, and although I didn’t know why back then, I knew I was meant to go. And so I did. I was offered a job and several weeks later I packed up everything and I went. Alone. For the first time in my life I was in foreign territory. No family, no friends, kids had to finish out the school year back home, so no more yelling in the background, it was radio silent. Just me, and this vast wilderness of inner turmoil. I had to face my inner demons, And when I did, I did alone without armor and I fell. I fell hard.. I was angry with myself, with “the universe” or a higher power (didn’t know what I believed at the time), I was lonely, and my heart was shredded on the floor. I couldn’t wrap my head around how I got there.. I knew I was supposed to, but it wasn’t the feeling of the glorious pull I thought it would have been. Eventually depression and solitude took its toll. One night in late November 2019 I was at an all time low. I found myself for the first time in years on my knees.. I said God, if there is a God, take my pain…. My heart couldn’t take anymore. Earlier that night I had ordered grocery delivery and amidst my pleas with asking God to reveal himself, my doorbell rang interrupting my self pity. It was the groceries. As I finished carrying in the first few bags, I heard a kitten meowing.. “that’s strange” I remember thinking. I didn’t have any pets at the time. I heard it again.. I looked down and there in the middle of my kitchen was this tiny, hungry, beat up cat. I had no clue how he got in there, there was no way he could have gotten in. It was the coldest night of the year, but I knew. I knew right then in that moment who sent him and I decided right then and there that I had a choice. I laughed out loud and remembered saying “I see you, God.. I see you.” That was the first time I learned that he knows our hearts. It was the first time I felt as though he heard was real and he heard me. The kitten was badly hurt, and I knew he needed me. It’s funny.. I truly believe that the cat knew I needed him more than he needed me. I named him sir Sherwin Parker (think British accent). Sherwin and I hit it off instantly, and we were inseparable. As the months passed and my heart healed I felt the pull.. drawn to teachings. God works in mysterious ways.

Wow! Lauren asked also. What inspired the long fast?

Profound. And I’m assuming the fast brought you incredibly close to god.

Pastor Gary, may I ask what led to inspiring your fast? Amazing job. I can’t begin to imagine the unveiling that occurred throughout a 40 day fast. Amazing!

Wow! That’s intense. I have a feeling I am headed down this road one day. How long were you fasting for before you attempted it? Had you been fasting for years, months? I wonder what type of prep was involved and what state of mind you achieved.. I really can’t imagine anything more euphoric than I felt today, but I’d definitely be curious enough to try and find it!!

I know that’s a lot of questions, feel free to share whatever you’d like, or not. 🤙🤝🙏

Today was wild. I ended up sitting here pondering all the friends and loved ones I’ve lost, for which there are many.. I wished for a moment that I could’ve been there for there final breathes and felt their energy leap through me and bless me with excitement as the old woman’s did earlier today. I want to know that they all felt it before passing. It is extremely moving, I cry writing this. I wonder why after what I’ve felt today? It was real, unequivocally…I know they all felt it.. the peace, the joy, the calming energetic presence that was there throughout there time on Earth, beneath the surface..I didn’t have to be there. But still, I wish I was.

This is just a fast and not even my first! I don’t truly understand what happened here. Truly.

Tomorrow it ends at 1 and I’m not looking forward to it. It feels like leaving the greatest and most humbling and awe inspiring vacation of my life even though I didn’t travel anywhere.

GM 💙