In some ways, I think I was \"better\" at fasting when I was a Protestant. I didn\'t exactly know what I was doing when I was doing it - but it was out of fervency, expectancy, urgency that would drive me to observe a fast for a set period of time.
Now that I am Orthodox, I am not-so-good at keeping the fasts. I forget what day of the week it is and when I remember, it\'s too late - and I feel that twinge of \"oops\" again.
But from what Fr Joseph tells me, it\'s always a reminder that we constantly have new beginnings in Christ.
Fall down. Get up. Keep going.
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