For a while there, I just gave up on eating and drinking. I’m telling you, I was done with it.
Fasting.
What a weird and counter-cultural thing to do in a world of Whoppers and I’m Lovin’ It and Have it Your Way, to say nothing of obesity epidemics and 140-character limits on attention. (Yeah, I guess I might as well say it. Harrumph.)
Fasting. Muslims do it. Christians used to, though even by my faithful mother’s heyday, she would merely give up one of her oral pleasures – usually chocolate, never cigarettes – for the Lenten leadup to Easter. (Jesus fasted and prayed for 40 famous days in the
Not the view from downtown Dalian, but sunrise is lovely anywhere.
wilderness, getting ready to bear a mighty Ministry; however, this exemplary practice seems to have been largely abandoned by followers of the Son.) Baha’u’llah also prescribed it for a 19-day period leading up to the first day of spring (the Baha’i new year), from sunup to sundown.