Every year I get asked to go to the store for a last minute item for Thanksgiving. I have tracked these requests over the years and there is an interesting development, sort of representation of where we are at in our lives at the time. THis year it was Hazelnuts and Foil. We did not use the haxelnuts, my wife got tired of making dishes and bailed out on the idea of roasted hazelnut spinach salad. I used the foil. THe turkey finished to fast and I had to keep it warm. It was a good day, it was a hazelnut and foli day. Guy
Day 290 – Brought to Our Knees: How Fasting Changes Us
This piece explores how the immense burden of the Civil War, particularly the devastating Battle of Chancellorsville, profoundly transformed Abraham Lincoln. It highlights his call for a national day of humiliation, fasting, and prayer, and how this act, though followed by immediate disaster, preceded a dramatic shift in the war’s direction. The article concludes by reflecting on the personal transformation that sincere fasting can bring, drawing parallels to Lincoln’s own journey of humility and submission to divine will.
