Mormonism Mondays

A fascinating new feature here. Started because my brother-in-law, who's known the family for a number of years, just found out in July that we fast once a month. I started to wonder what other basic things those close to us have just somehow missed.

So, in honor of Uncle S, our first topic is fasting. The complete rundown can be found here. In a nutshell: on the first Sunday of the month, everyone in the Church skips two meals. This is accompanied by prayer and the giving of a fast offering. Click on that link up there if you want to know what a fast offering is.

I've never liked fasting. Lots of excuses: I like to eat, I'm chronically anemic, I have low blood pressure, blah blah blah. But it's gotten better in recent years as I've tried harder to make it what it should be--training the body to be an instrument of the spirit, and not the other way around. Focusing on a problem, a question, or a needed blessing makes a fast much more worthwhile, and less like just going hungry. And sometimes, when the spirit is being fed through the singing of hymns, meditation, study of the scriptures, the body starts to feel less hungry. Yes, some things really can feel more satisfying than food.

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