2 Fish and 5 Loaves of Bread

At the end of the year from October to December food engages in all reasons for eating. October you have all types of scenes and scenarios of culture, society, and festivals. Christians mostly participate in Harvest Festivals with costumes and grand expressions to make impressions with places on the go. After candy corn and school parties, comes the month of November filled with all forms of family foods at the center of conversations, meetings, house hopping, and cloth rounded tables of dishes, plates, food, and beverages. Food portions small and large with family, friends, and singular to be home by choice. Where does, “2 fish and 5 loaves of bread,” enter, into Thanksgiving season? It enters from the November matches of turkey, dressing, and the best pie finds. It starts with understanding the motive for the mess

age of expanding the food supply to five thousand (5000) people. People you do not know and never seen before in events, family, and grocery stores. Who delivers this kind of compassion? You do.

Compassion is being sensitive to other people's needs when others may not be aware or care. Going beyond self and monetary reason to extend a care if not mercy. Decisions should be prayed for, and sometimes shared with others that reason and pray for extraordinary types of choices. Giving thanks involves the compassion of remembrance, whether verbally or a card or message. How many people can be fed in your home with 2 pieces of fried fish, and 5 loaves of fresh bakery bread? it depends on where you are from. Right? If you are from the south at a get together, this may not stretch far, but when God touches the hearts of people and sharing begins along with offerings, expansion can occur.

The scripture location for this passage is in Matthew 14:13-21 and Luke 9:12-17. The expansion of nutritional and food resources has come a long way, towards methods individuals and communities view food supply and growing gardens in neighborhoods. Moving from the ground to the store, back to gardening ground developments allow us to see not only waste, but our own needs. Two fish and five loaves of bread allow us to be grateful for sharing and receiving. What did Jesus and the disciples do to expand the source of need? They reached up to God of the heavens and asked Him to bless their least. The biblical need became resolved in a mighty way with leftovers to deliberate. The disciples were surprised, although they knew what God had already done a miraculous effort. Understand, when you do not have enough to go around, ask God to help you and others know how He wants you to expand resources.

Organizations, churches, and the city where you live assists in combination with entities such as food banks (Houston Food Bank), religious organizations, hometown, and surrounding cities. Infinite people, volunteer their time, talents, resources, and income to supply help in service and the economy. What a gracious effort these organizations along with companies do year-round, along with food pantries. Additionally, prayer extended to farmlands allows Christians to pray over food being, supplied to stores, for sale where needs are met, even in solving economical purchases.

This message speaks to one day in time, when it is Thanksgiving, but people continue to be born into the world and remain, alive daily. Food is mandatory. Where the Holy Bible is nourishment for the soul, people need food for their physical bodies and making use of workers such as you and myself, assisting in supplying resources, volunteering, or informing of the necessity of necessary needs, there will be less reasons why people will go hungry.

11/28/2022