Daniel 10:2
“In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.”
What does Daniel 10:2 mean?
Daniel had received a troubling vision and was wrestling deeply with what it meant for his people's future. For three weeks he set aside comfort, eating plain food and avoiding anything pleasant, not as punishment but as a sign of his genuine distress. This kind of prolonged fasting and mourning was how someone in his culture expressed that something mattered so much it had upended their whole world. His sustained grief shows us that honest sorrow in prayer isn't something to rush through or hide, and that sometimes we need time to sit with hard questions before we're ready for answers.