Doing What We Can
" Give them some food yourselves " Jesus told the Apostles when they asked Him to tell the crowds to go away so that they can go find some food and places to stay. At this the Apostles told Jesus, " Five loaves and two fish are all we have, unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people ." Jesus then instructed the Apostles to situate and organize the people into groups. Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, raised them up to the Father, blessed them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to pass out to the people. All were fed, all 5000 of them, and there were 12 wicker baskets full of leftovers. Wow. (Read Lk. 9:11b-17 ). When the Apostles saw that it was getting late and people, including themselves, were getting tired, they suggested to Jesus to dismiss them so that they could go into the village and buy food and find a place to rest for the night. But Jesus challenged them and said "Give them some food yourselves." Jesu...