Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

There are people in my family, and probably also in yours, who, when they get hungry and need food, tend to get out of sorts, even angry.  In other words, when they get hungry, their actions and behavior show it.  Their hunger causes them to be cranky and snap at others.  They develop that condition we often describe as “hangry.”  When we see this condition arise, we usually quickly work to fix the problem as soon as possible.   Hunger is something that prompts a response.  And, throughout history, people have used the sensation of hunger to prompt a certain kind of response, a deeper sense of spiritual awareness in their lives by practicing fasting.  Fasting is spiritual practice utilized by people of many religious backgrounds in the belief that, by doing so, one will be drawn closer to God.  When used as a spiritual practice, it can help create more space for worship and reflection in one’s life.  Fasting and worship are the spiritual practices described in our reading from Isaiah this morning as we find t