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Instagram
Fifty days in, a sinner invites others to the Nativity Fast
The speaker marks fifty days since starting his account and thanks more than eighty thousand followers. He rejects the perception that he has met God or has life figured out, admitting he is a daily sinner who struggles to connect with God and often feels empty inside. He says viewers see only a small snapshot of his life, the videos, the things he reads, the moments he shares, and that he is nobody special, just like them, and probably a worse sinner.
He confesses that he sins every day, struggles with many things daily, has moments when it is really hard to connect with God, and has days when he still feels empty inside. His only consistent practice is daily prayer and regular confession, trusting that slow progress makes him a better person. For the first time in his life, he will observe the full forty-day Nativity Fast through Christmas.
He created a free daily program called The 40 Days to Bethlehem so they can go through the whole fast together day by day; more than four hundred people have already joined. He invites others to walk this road with him, not as a teacher but as a brother who is struggling too.
Key moments
- The speaker started the account 50 days ago and now has more than 80,000 followers.
- He says viewers only see a small snapshot of his life, the videos, the things he reads, the moments he shares, and that he is nobody special, just like them, and probably a worse sinner.
- He confesses that he sins every day, struggles with many things daily, has moments when it is really hard to connect with God, and has days when he still feels empty inside.
- The only thing he really tries to do is pray every day, because he knows that if he keeps praying and going to confession, slowly, little by little, he can become a better person.
- This year, for the first time in his life, he is going to follow the whole 40 days of the Nativity Fast all the way to Christmas.
- He created a free program called The 40 Days to Bethlehem so they can go through the whole fast together day by day, and more than 400 people have already joined.
- He invites others to walk this road with him, not as a teacher but as a brother who is struggling too.