Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Abundance

Yesterday it was LIGHT.  Today, BREAD. (Mk 6:34-44) And, evidently lots of it.  Something like Christmas gatherings and post-Christmas delights of turkey sandwiches and weeks of Christmas cookies in such abundance, that it seems they will last till Ash Wednesday,  (March 6).  Jesus is not only attentive to the hunger of the crowd, (not lost in pie-in-the-sky-preaching), realizing that they have gone all day without "breaking for lunch", but he creates an on-the-grass fast food service, making sure that all have their fill, so much so, that twelve wicker baskets of "left-overs" bear testimony to his largesse.
It is with this "abundanza" that God treats us with his grace, his favors.  He is attentive to our needs and fills them to overflowing, giving us even more than we need.  Why do we doubt when our prayer isn't immediately answered?  The scene of the 5,000 men being amply fed and the twelve baskets of scraps should chase away our fears and anxieties.  Yes, Virginia, he knows, he sees, he provides. Stop fretting and trust!
Bro. Rene

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