Wait a minute! I thought it was January at least, not already the Leavetaking of the Presentation at the Temple. But reality is setting in now that I think about it. Lent is on the way and Pascha is down the road.
I enjoy Lent a lot. In fact often I think that it would be good to eat fasting food all of the time, a leaner more watchful way to live. The hard thing is the feasting. I always get out of control. There ought to be a way to think about feasting that would be just as watchful as fasting.
Perhaps limiting amounts of feasting foods would be a way to do that. Perhaps being more thankful for such amazing abundance and variety would also be part of that plan rather than easily getting used to it. As a random thought I think rich foods kind of kill or numb ones taste buds. Fat sparkles on the tongue and it wants just more in quantity. Surely the feasting has to do with celebration, joy in the goodness of good times, people that one loves and of course, God who is the greatest feast.
Maybe there is someone out there that can tell me something that will really hit my heart about feasting. Hello?
I enjoy Lent a lot. In fact often I think that it would be good to eat fasting food all of the time, a leaner more watchful way to live. The hard thing is the feasting. I always get out of control. There ought to be a way to think about feasting that would be just as watchful as fasting.
Perhaps limiting amounts of feasting foods would be a way to do that. Perhaps being more thankful for such amazing abundance and variety would also be part of that plan rather than easily getting used to it. As a random thought I think rich foods kind of kill or numb ones taste buds. Fat sparkles on the tongue and it wants just more in quantity. Surely the feasting has to do with celebration, joy in the goodness of good times, people that one loves and of course, God who is the greatest feast.
Maybe there is someone out there that can tell me something that will really hit my heart about feasting. Hello?
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