Today is Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in French), the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the 40-day Christian season of Lent. The idea behind Fat Tuesday makes sense. It started when people would eat up all the perishable food they had on hand that they wouldn't be able to eat during the Lenten fast. Well, over the centuries it got a little bit out of hand and Mardi Gras turned into a multi-day celebration of indulgence and decadence. In today's Bible reading, we find a better use for fat:
"The priest is to ... burn the fat as an aroma pleasing to the LORD." —Leviticus 17:6This indicates that fat is something that God is to consume, not us.
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