A Fast Thought
Its funny how quickly after breaking a fast that I forget how hungry I was.
I can remember walking through the aisles at the supermarket, at about the 30th hour of fast, thinking that each new item in my path of vision would make a delicious and perfect addition to the meal with which to break the fast. (A 10-course dinner. Yes, I think that would just about do it.)
But, after the fact, it seems like probably I was overexaggerating. Surely I wasn't that hungry. Or at least surely the hunger didn't effect me that much.
But, in light of the fact that these fasts are to work on our spiritual discipline, I think I've learned something. It really is easy to forget how much I needed and desired Him, once God has filled a particular spiritual hunger in my life. Or not even spiritual hunger but any need, really. Not unlike the Israelites of old. This is something I need to dwell on more often.
I can remember walking through the aisles at the supermarket, at about the 30th hour of fast, thinking that each new item in my path of vision would make a delicious and perfect addition to the meal with which to break the fast. (A 10-course dinner. Yes, I think that would just about do it.)
But, after the fact, it seems like probably I was overexaggerating. Surely I wasn't that hungry. Or at least surely the hunger didn't effect me that much.
But, in light of the fact that these fasts are to work on our spiritual discipline, I think I've learned something. It really is easy to forget how much I needed and desired Him, once God has filled a particular spiritual hunger in my life. Or not even spiritual hunger but any need, really. Not unlike the Israelites of old. This is something I need to dwell on more often.
posted by Laura Negus at 7:37 AM
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