Must-Read Monday - A Call to Die

If I had to pick a book that has changed my life (besides the Bible), it would by far be:

A Call to Die 

by David Nasser

A Call to Die is a book that walks you through a 40-day fast from something. This can be anything... literally. Chocolate. Cell phones. Netflix. Boys. ANYTHING!!!! 

The goal is to find what you have 

(most likely, unknowingly) 

put in God's places. 

At the time that I began reading this book, I honestly couldn't think of anything I had put in God's place. I thought...

"My cell phone?... No... I would actually prefer to not have a cell phone... Chocolate?... No... I know I can do without that..."

I almost thought... "Hmmm... maybe I don't have anything in God's place"...  until one day I was watching my roommate in college put on make-up to head out to class and I thought to myself...

"Could I go without make-up?"

When it was my turn to get ready for class, I tried to just not wear make-up and head out the door, but I felt like I couldn't.

I (without realizing it) 

was putting my own appearance 

in God's place. 

WHAT?!?!?!


At the time, I was SO wrapped up in what guys thought of me that I didn't realize that I couldn't (at the time) go even a single day without make-up.

I felt hideous without it. 

And that's when I decided that that's what I'm going to fast from.


Make-up.


And so I did.  For 40 days I walked around campus and went to events without a drop of make-up on.

To be honest, it was SUPER hard in the beginning. 

The first week, I would get my food to-go in the cafeteria and would bring it back to my room and would eat it there so no-one would have to see my hideous face.


I would take the long way around campus to get to my class so that I didn't have to pass guys on the main strip to class across the Quad.

I spent most of my time in my room that first week.




And then the next week I decided to go the main way, and to sit in the cafeteria and eat, and when I felt that "You look hideous... HIDE YOUR FACE!" feeling, I would think to myself,

"This is for you, God."

I would lift up my chin, and have this SUPER intimate moment with God. One I had never had before.

It's crazy, but after that second week, I started to not even think about it. Me not wearing make-up became the norm. 

WHAT?!?!?

It's true! 

I began to not think about it, and therefore was able to put God in His rightful place in my heart and mind. 

It was AMAZING!!!!

And that's when I feel like I really became a Christian and knew what it meant to be called...

a child of God.  

So... this is how A Call To Die changed my life forever.  I hope you will get this book and do the fast too! You might not have to fast from make-up like I did, and it may be a fast from something crazy, but it HAS to be specific to YOU.


If you'd like to get this book, you can get it on amazon here.


Enjoy! And I pray you will draw closer to God through this!

TGBTG