And then, there was no longer any reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted God's silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him. And I nibbled on my crust of bread. Deep inside me, I felt a great void opening. Ellie Wiesel
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We all have a hunger, a craving, an emptiness. We fight it, we ignore it, we distract ourselves from it. In the story of the little girl who was hungry and who ate her ration of food without having any other relief from her hunger, she turned that act into a symbol of rebellion against God. And she nibbled on her crust of bread.

The hunger will always be there within us, but that doesn't mean we have to let it go. God is there, and He says that He will always be there for us. We can always look to Him for comfort and for our needs.

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