Sunday, December 6, 2009
Pursuit of Charity -- "Give me ALL your fishes"
I've had a story on my mind the last few hours and i want to share it. I feel like it is something that teaches a powerful principal of charity. What has been on my mind is the popular new testament story of when Christ miraculously feeds the five thousand. I had a friend who talked to me about this story, he told me something that has stuck with me and for some reason as of late has been playing over and over in my head, so much that i feel compelled to write about it. The account tells of how Christ is able to feed 5,000 people with only five loaves and two small fishes. Only one of the stories authors (to my knowledge) tells where these five loaves and two fishes come from. In the Book of ST John it tells us that they come from a young man. VS. 9 "there is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?" This is the verse that has been on my mind. I feel like there is a real lesson of charity to be learned from this story. Why would Christ ask the young man for his bread and fish? He is the son of God, if He wanted don't you think he could simply have commanded the rocks at his feet to become bread? Or perhaps summoned fish out of thin air... Why did he need the boys food? I personally feel that he is using this to teach us something. I think its a lesson of consecration, what are we willing to give to the savior. Are willing to give all of our "fishes" and all of our "bread" to the savior? I have often, especially when asked to do seemingly hard things, pictured the Lord coming to me and saying "give me all your fishes". Its a thought that reminds me to always be willing to give of myself for the Lord. He may not need my fishes, but if I am willing to give them to him, He can make so much more out of them than I ever could alone! He can feed a lot of people with my fishes and my bread. What a great lesson for the pursuit of charity
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