Mark 6: 35-44
When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, “This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; 6send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.” 7But he answered them, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?” And he said to them, “How many loaves have you? Go and see.” When they had found out, they said, “Five, and two fish.” Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all. And all ate and were filled; and they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
Five thousand men all ate and were filled
and twelve baskets full remained.
There were puzzled looks on every face
and nobody could have explained
When we let Jesus feed our spirits
the basket runs over today
helping us when we face troubled times
to have great faith as we pray.
Jesus takes things we already have.
He need not go order more.
He multiplies our small resources
much greater than we had before.
When you think you are not important
and so small in the world’s scheme
remember how God takes our small gifts
helping us reach our big dreams.
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