Christian Woman Dies for Fasting Too Long
This is sad. So unnecessary. A lot more I’d like to say but will refrain out of respect for the Mrs. Boyd and the family. But please use wisdom when fasting and especially an “all-water” fast.
Authorities say a 55-year-old woman died alone in a bedroom of her central Florida home after locking herself in the room for several weeks for a lengthy religious fast.
Evelyn Boyd told her husband, a preacher at a Pentecostal church in the city of Bartow, not to disturb her when she locked herself in the room Feb. 7 to fast and pray with only water to drink. Family members forced open the door March 5 (SMH) and found her dead.
Sheriff Grady Judd told the St. Petersburg Times that deputies don’t expect to file charges, though the investigation continues. A precise cause of death has not been determined.
The woman’s husband, John Boyd, told the paper he didn’t check on his wife because she felt she was doing what God called her to do and he wanted to respect her privacy.
Source: AP
What’s that they say about being so spiritually-minded that one is of no earthly good?
It is correct to seek God — but you gotta come out of that room and touch people’s lives.