Several times a day I get this funny feeling in my stomach. It is an indication that my body would like to have some food. It is my body's way of trying to get some nourishment to keep itself alive.

There are times when I am busy working, I ignore the signals and don't eat. The hunger pangs go away after awhile. When I am sick, I also ignore those hunger pains because the food does not taste as good, it does not seem worthwhile to eat. After awhile I force myself to eat for my own health.

Humans have a spiritual hunger. A person can get busy with the cares of this world and ignore that hunger. Or in spiritual illness the spiritual bread of life that a person needs to eat does not seem appetizing. So people turn away from the bread of life and spiritually starve to death. 

Partaking of the spiritual bread of life takes continual action. It is not just a single act of acceptance of Jesus Christ's sacrifice that will sustain us. We must continually be growing, striving to be more like Christ in our actions, attitudes and thoughts.

It is my custom to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the spring. The unleavened bread eaten every day for seven days represents our sinless Savior. This reminds me that we must “partake” of the Bread of life and follow him every day of our lives. It is only by letting him in our hearts, believing and following what he commands that we grow spiritually.

We all start out much like the Widow of Zarephath in that we hope the gospel we heard was true. But our action following that hope must feed on the spiritual food God provides which strengthens our faith and produces spiritual growth.

When we come across someone who tells us I Don't Have Any Bread, we must show them the true Bread of Life so they may in turn take action on the hope that comes through Jesus Christ.