Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Lydia, John 6

So, Jesus went to the Coast of the Sea of Galilee to this place called Tiberias. It's nice there, very peaceful. It seems that where ever he takes us, there is something to do, well for him. He healed more people while we were there. Again, I have no clue how he did heal all those people, but he did. Then he went up on this mountain with his disciples. The rest of us stayed at the mountain's foot, just hanging out and talking to one another. We had been following him for awhile and we were all pretty hungry. At this point, it had been a while since we had had any type of meal actually. A little girl was complaining to her mother, it was pretty cute.
I heard one of the disciples talking to this boy. I looked over, and that lucky kid had food! He had a small lunch of two small fishes and five barley loaves. He was giving his lunch to Jesus, who told us all to take a seat. Obediently, we sat on the grass.
At that moment, I realized just how big our group really was! There was everyone you could think of with us. There were mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, daughters, sons, EVERYONE. How on earth would Jesus be able to feed us all with this boy's small lunch?Even if we were only allowed to take one tiny bite per person, not all of us would be "fed." We would still be very hungry.
Then, well, he did it. He feed us all. Jesus prayed and some how he multiplied the food! Everyone had fish and barely loaves. It was astonishing! We all ate until we were full! It was amazing! Surprisingly, there was food left over. I think it was 12 bags they had left of broken pieces of fish and bread. Funny, I thought there would be more. After this I heard someone say "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world."
Jesus is starting to become pretty convincing. There is no way he and the disciples had enough money to buy us all food! Even if they did have the money, I don't think that all the towns nearby would have enough barley and fish to feed us all. His words and actions are pretty convincing I must say.
So...should I take the leap of faith?

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