Body and Soul Cleanse

This week my cousin, Kelley, texted to ask me if I had a juicer and if I wanted to do a juice cleanse with her. I replied, "Sure!" as the thought of juice cleanse made me picture myself at Jamba Juice slurping down a Five Fruit Frenzy. I had never heard of a juice cleanse but I looked it up and saw that you can buy a 3-day cleanse online for an enormous amount of money. I decided to use my own stockpile of fruits and veggies and pulled out the very neglected Jack La Lanne. I used an entire bag of carrots and came out with a measly cup of  juice, but it was really yummy. I proceded to juice every piece of freshness I could find and almost 2 hours later this is what I came up with. (After I drank the carrot juice of course)

With the exception of the carrot juice, they were disgusting.  The kale, spinach, and lettuce juice were especially so. 

So understandably, when our small group came over for a game night, and brought finger foods to indulge in, including bacon wrapped waterchestnuts,  I couldn't possibly resist. 

Having three sick kids in the house has helped inspire me to do the cleanse. After a couple of days of mental prep, I am ready to try again.

I have also decided to do a spiritual cleanse and spend lots of time in the Word as I am having more down time than normal holding my sick 3-year old. Eli has decided to do both with me and we are reading Tozer's Pursuit of God together. We have also been blown away by some amazing answers to prayer that we have had, and in that reality of answered prayer I have been really convicted to rejuvenate my somewhat stale prayer life.

I am usually a result motivated person, and my goals in this body and soul cleanse are:

•  That my spirit would be rejuvinated before Christmas and that I would be able to share that purity of Christ with others this Christmas.
• As we see a new year begin, that Eli and I would begin to take steps necessary to fulfill the things that God has put in our hearts for our family and our vision for those steps will be clear.
• That the discipline of living a healthy lifestyle would spill over into all areas of my life, as I have seen that the discipline of the body and spirit are closely connected. 

I am posting this for the accountability...so if you see me in the next three days, ask me how it's going!

                                                                          Here I go!

 My small fortune of juice.