She used the parable of the 5 barley loaves and 2 fish... pointing out that such a lunch implied that the boy who provided it was probably poor. I never thought about that little boy having the CHOICE to obey and give this measly lunch to Jesus - he could have refused to believe it would make any difference to a crowd of >5 000 people and given the disciples a hard time.
That's what we are asked to do, with what little we have; because what we have is little. We know so little, we can only do so little, our 5 loaves and 2 fish are nothing compared to the great task we are meant to accomplish. On our own... there is no way we could feed ten people, let alone 5 000. We need Jesus... we need God to take the small lunch we have and multiply it with his awesomeness into something crazy-huge. Into something beautiful.
I feel that these days I am being asked to surrender my lunch... and heaven knows it's so difficult to trust God enough to do so. But I want very much to do just that- to surrender my lunch completely... not hold anything back and let it be USED as it was meant to be used... to not just feed myself, but the people around me- the people I encounter everywhere I go.
So... Lord... Yes. Have my lunch.
2 comments:
the whole time i was reading your blog i was like 'eummm' 'eumm' making my agreement sounds~~
oh i better get to see you tomorrow cause i have to talk to you about cool things related to your book your reading...okay well its not that cool but yah!
I'm sorry ash! prototype!!! i was playing around with picassa from google. I will include you, eventually hahaha ;p
and yar! you want to go looking for my new pair of goggles too??? it would be great if i could get some interesting opinions from you girls.
i wonder how long she's staying?
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