Saturday, September 7, 2013
Syria
We are supposed to pray and fast on a particular day so that Obama does not go to war with Syria, or do anything of a military nature because of nerve gas useage over there. My church has very specific plans for the praying part, but says nothing much at all about the fasting. I struggle to get enought to eat each day so I can have energy to do what I need to do. Fasting is not a very good idea for me. Many people are in my shoes, or have no shoes, for that matter. Fasting for them is kind of off-putting. Many others eat too much and are not about to stop. There is a reason they eat like they do. Fasting won't appeal to them at all, nor make much headway. I wish that my church had said something specific about a fasting plan for this one day. Make it a suggestion. It would give people a benchmark, something to reach for or ignore, but at least it is specific. I don't think my church is very much into fasting. We gave up the no meat Fridays a long time ago. No one confesses that they failed to fast on Lenten days spcifically given over to fasting. Food is power!
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The desire for power - food or money or influence - seems to be at the root of many problems in our world today.
ReplyDeleteI am not the best authority, but I seem to recall there is a "senior discount" that lets people over a certain age off the hook from fasting. And, the new way of fasting lets people have one meal anyway. New fangled fasting just isn't the same anymore - hardly a sacrifice at all. Barely a discomfort.
To make up for the lack of personal sacrifice, I suggest we pray twice as hard for peace in Syria and in all hearts everywhere.