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Tornado Fasting

Well, I suppose you can’t fast from what the insurance people call “acts of God” so that’s off my list for things to fast from during Lent.  But yeah, right now in the city of Louisville, we are under a Tornado Warning.  The sirens letting us know this is for real and urgent.  I for one am irrationally calm.  Perhaps it’s the illusion of safety I have in my life and in this concrete apartment building I live in.  Perhaps I’m still young and stupid enough to feel invincible against the unknown.  Perhaps I know that IF it’s my time to die then so be it.  I’m okay with that.  I’ve been looking forward to Heaven since I was 12.  Otherwise, I’ll be safe in my very solid concrete bomb shelter of an apartment.  The sirens just died down so I guess I’m fine now.   I love the summer-like thunderstorms we’ve had the past week.  I would have my windows open but the siren actually going off clued me that I should at least take that precaution.  Now it’s back on.  I can hear the intense wind whipping the rain in and between the buildings.  The rain is almost sideways and stuff is blowing around out there.  Trees are paying homage to the power of the storm.  Some are even breaking apart.  There is a river of runoff flowing through the big field that would be called my back yard.  I just saw lightning light up the sky to show off a rainbow!  I do love storms.

Today is now Ash Wednesday which means that this is the day when people all around the world fast from certain things.  Fasting is meant to focus your energy on God and aways from this world.  It is also common to use the money you would spend on whatever and give it either to the poor, a charity, or to the church.   I’ve decided to do something for Lent as well but I haven’t really decided what it will be yet.  Right now one of the front runners (for all you SuperTuesday fans) is fasting from all food.  I’ve always wanted to do it and there’s no reason not to right now.  The only annoying thing about that is the food I still have in my fridge.  So what I really might do is not spend another penny on food and live off of what I have already.  This will enable discipline and be more responsible than letting some of it go to waste.  Also, I will be able to more tangibly know how much money I will give away because I know how much I spend on food.  So this includes eating out of course and accepting people to pay for my meals.  Since part of this is to not let food go to waste, if I am out at a restaurant and someone is not going to take their left overs home with them, then I may partake (but no more than one half of what is there).  Also, if I am at a social function and the hour is getting late with plenty of food still left over, I may also consume some (but no more than a third of what is there).  I’m giving myself until midnight tonight to decide for sure on something but I won’t be spending money on food just in case that’s what I go with.  Any thoughts?  Click on COMMENTS.