Hmm, well yes, fasting can produce cranky people and that is not the point of the whole thing. So, having been on the receiving end of some cranky fasting I suggest that in the spirit of Lent and self-denial, and taking up your cross daily, we find something else that "hurts." Maybe for some of us, although fasting causes crankiness (and we won't discuss constipation), it is the easy way out. It makes us think we are doing some good self-denial, and all the while it is a quick and easy solution to truly examining ourselves and our lives and working on correcting one not so admirable aspect of who we are. Do we gossip? Do we tell "fibs?" Do we consider taking pencils, note pads, etc., home from the office a "perk" rather than stealing?" While there are as many examples as there are Christians, and probably more, you get the point.
Hmm, well yes, fasting can
Hmm, well yes, fasting can produce cranky people and that is not the point of the whole thing. So, having been on the receiving end of some cranky fasting I suggest that in the spirit of Lent and self-denial, and taking up your cross daily, we find something else that "hurts." Maybe for some of us, although fasting causes crankiness (and we won't discuss constipation), it is the easy way out. It makes us think we are doing some good self-denial, and all the while it is a quick and easy solution to truly examining ourselves and our lives and working on correcting one not so admirable aspect of who we are. Do we gossip? Do we tell "fibs?" Do we consider taking pencils, note pads, etc., home from the office a "perk" rather than stealing?" While there are as many examples as there are Christians, and probably more, you get the point.
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