When he heard what had happened Jesus withdrew privately by boat to a remote place; but large numbers of people heard of it, and came after him on foot from the towns. When he came ashore and saw a large crowd, his heart went out to them, and he healed those who were sick. As evening drew on, the disciples came up to him and said, 'This is a remote place and day has gone; send the people off to the villages to buy themselves food.' Jesus answered, 'There is no need for them to go; give them something to eat yourselves.' 'All we have here', they said, 'is five loaves and two fish.' 'Bring them to me,' he replied. So he told the people to sit down on the grass; then, taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples; and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied; and twelve baskets were filled with what was left over. Some five thousand men shared in this meal, not counting women and children.
A long time ago God put us in the Garden of Eden. We had plenty of food, and it was a beautiful place.
The parable of the feeding of the 5,000 brings us back to the Garden of Eden, where God gave Adam and Eve an abundance of everything. We are reminded that since we left the Garden of Eden selfishness entered the planet.
May we be abundantly kind to ourselves and others, getting rid of sinful attitudes.
- Choose to love rather than hate.
- Choose to laugh rather than cry.
- Choose to create rather than destroy.
- Choose to heal rather than wound.
- Choose to pray rather than curse.
- Choose to live rather than die.
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