Do a full 24-hour fast

Another thing on my 101 list was to do a full 24-hour fast.

As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are asked to fast once a month, giving up food and drink for two consecutive meals. I've done that every month for years, but I haven't fasted for a full 24-hours for a really long time. I tend to stay up late Saturday nights and so I start my fast pretty late and then I end it Sunday around dinnertime. Because of that, it ends up being more like a 18-hour fast, though I still do fast during breakfast and lunch. But yesterday, I started my fast just after 4:30pm and then ended it today around 4:40pm... a full 24-hours.

It was definitely neat, and it was nice to prove to myself that I could do it. I hadn't done it in so long I wondered if I could. I hope this isn't the only time I do a full 24-hour fast. It's a sacrifice, but it can bring forth so much power and so many blessings. I've grateful to know about the doctrine of fasting.