february 8 2016

February 8, 2016

Life of Jesus Story #13 from the Jesus Storybook Bible  #1

Filled full (The feeding of the 5,000 from Matthew 14 Mark  6 Luke 9 part 1

¨       There were once 5,000 tired and hungry and probably very  grumpy people sitting on a

¨       hillside wanting their dinner. They'd come to hear Jesus that day. They came before

¨       breakfast stayed all morning all afternoon and way past dinner. No one had meant

¨       to be out there that long but that's how it was listening to Jesus as if time didn't exist.

¨       People could listen to Jesus for hours and on this particular day that's just what they did.

¨       But they hadn't brought enough food and they couldn't just go and buy themselves a burger

¨       and fries to go because of course they were in the middle of nowhere with no shops or restaurants

¨       (Beside that kind of food wasn't invented yet.) What would they do? Jesus friends had an idea.

¨       ''Let's send everyone home for dinner.'' ''They don't need to go'' Jesus said. ''You can give them something to  eat.''

¨       Did Jesus want them to travel all the  way to town and buy food for everyone Jesus friends panicked But we don't have enough money.''

¨       What food do you have? Jesus asked Go and see. Now there was a little boy in the crowd.

¨       He had brought a lunch that his mother had made for him that morning. He looked at his five loaves and two fish. It wasn't much not nearly enough for 5,000 but was all  he had. ''I have some.'' he said.

¨       Jesus friends laughed when they saw his little lunch. that's not nearly enough they said.

¨       But they were wrong Jesus knew it didn't matter how much the little boy had. God would make it enough more than enough.