4D Days

Hello there,

You might not know me. Or maybe you do. Either way, you've found your way to an interesting place.

I'm going to use this blog to explore the concept of forty days. And I'm going to do it in (at least) forty days.

But, why forty days?

Forty days is a significant time period. Over a month long, spending forty days doing anything has the potential to change a life. And on top of that, it is biblical. Here are some examples:

• It rained for forty days as Noah was on the ark (Genesis 7:12,17)
  
• Moses twice spent forty days on Mount Sinai (Exodus 24:18, 34:28)
  
• Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness fasting and enduring temptation (Mark 1:13, Matthew 4:2)

And those are not the only examples from the Bible alone. In addition, Lent, a popular Christian holiday for fasting and reflection, lasts right around forty days. Perhaps you have read a book which talks about fasting for forty days like A Call to Die or read through the forty day challenges of A Purpose Driven Life.

I have experienced the power of forty days myself. My freshman year of college I completed a forty day "fast" with my freshman bible study group in which I gave up television. Those forty days completely destroyed the power, influence, and draw that television had in my life. More recently, I completed a forty day fast from video games with a close friend. It was very difficult for the both of us since we both love video games but it was a truly eye-opening experience.

I'll talk about those two experiences another time. For now, I want to introduce you to 4D Days. 4D Days is just forty days sounded out if you slur your T a bit.

Why 4D?

• It also stands for Fourth Dimension, Four Dimensions, or Four Dimensional, one step beyond the more commonly heard 3D (Three Dimensional)
• 4D Days has a meaning in and of itself. What does a 4D day look like?
  
• 4D Days is more eye-grabbing than "Forty Days" which has been extensively commercialized in Christian product land
  
• fortydays.blogspot.com and 40days.blogspot.com was taken =)
• 4T Days is not nearly as cool
  

I'm going to kick off 4D Days with forty days of blog posts, one each day. I'm going to talk about God, life, prayer, fasting, Bible passages, and who knows what else. Join me as I fight writers block, wrestle with questions, and explore the wonders of an Almighty God and Savior.

And if you didn't find your way onto this blog from my personal blog, you can find it here. This blog is a direct descendant of that one and an experiment on the unknown.

I'll see you tomorrow as we mark off day one.