Fasting from Dessert: Day 3 of 40

Day 3 was not as full of temptations to eat dessert as the first two days have been, but instead I realized just how habitual activities can be. I came very close to eating a small dove chocolate last night because I almost forgot what I was doing. This reminded me how hard it is to change a lifestyle. Sometimes we come by things "naturally" so to speak. We are used to saying, acting, participating, eating in certain ways, and walk into trouble before we realize the situation. 

LORD help me to see such faults before I walk blindly into them.   

Psalm 119:33-40

33Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,

  And I shall observe it to the end.
34Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law
  And keep it with all my heart.
35Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
  For I delight in it.
36Incline my heart to Your testimonies
  And not to dishonest gain.
37Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,
  And revive me in Your ways.
38Establish Your word to Your servant,
  As that which produces reverence for You.
39Turn away my reproach which I dread,
  For Your ordinances are good.
40Behold, I long for Your precepts;
  Revive me through Your righteousness.