WEDNESDAY, August 19
John 6:12 When they were satisfied, he told his disciples, “Gather up the fragments left over, so that nothing may be lost.”
Prudence is not often born of abundance. Or is it?
Jesus doesn’t travel with stockpiles of food. He has sandals and a robe, at the least. He’s not identified by his material possessions. I have never considered Jesus lacking, though. He oozes abundance. Perhaps his abundance looks different than the abundance I’ve been taught to see.
His is the kind of abundance you can take to a cross—the kind that will carry you through your final agonized moments of life to the abundance of death.
We stockpile to prepare for fearful events, but Jesus shows us that when we pay attention to the miracles around us, even the broken pieces can nourish us. God bless Jesus for gathering the fragments.
Waste not, want not.
MOVING FORWARD: What abundance can you bring to a need in your community?
Ps 119:145-176 * 128, 129, 130 | Judges 18:16-31 |Acts 8:14-25 | John 6:1-15
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