Luke 9:10-17
10On their return the apostles told Jesus all they had done. He took them with him and withdrew privately to a city called Bethsaida. 11When the crowds found out about it, they followed him; and he welcomed them, and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed to be cured.
12The day was drawing to a close, and the twelve came to him and said, ‘Send the crowd away, so that they may go into the surrounding villages
and countryside, to lodge and get provisions; for we are here in a deserted place.’ 13But he said to them, ‘You give them something to eat.’
They said, ‘We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.’ 14For there were about five
thousand men. And he said to his disciples, ‘Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.’ 15They did so and made them all sit down.
16And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before
the crowd. 17And all ate and were filled. What was left over was gathered up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.
This is one of my favorite Bible stories. It’s just SO “God.”
What I learn from this story is:
1. Trust in God (like the apostles and the crowd did).
2. Thank God for what I have to work with. (Jesus thanked God for the 5 loaves and 2 fish.)
3. The people were so interested in what Jesus was saying they didn’t think about their own needs (food and shelter).
I am continuously awestruck at how difficult these 3 things are to do. Yet, how easy life becomes when I manage to do them.
Adrienne Bolbot
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