Mark 8:4
4His disciples replied, “How can one feed these people with bread here in the desert?”
There are these fantastic stories of Jesus and his disciples feeding thousands upon thousands of people in deserted places with a little bit of bread and some fish. Some accounts say that they fed 4,000, others say that they fed 5,000, still another says 5,000 PLUS women and children.
I’ll be honest: the numbers don’t matter to me. Any of those numbers are impressive and represent a miracle – a miracle of multiplication, a miracle of sharing, a miracle of abundance, a miracle of God answering the people’s needs, even though they questioned Jesus. I don’t have a lot of experience with being in a desert, but I know that I’ve seen Jesus feed people: with bread and wine, with water and word, with his life-giving Spirit, in ways that I could never have imagined, and for which I give thanks. How and where have you seen Jesus feeding people?
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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