They Ate

They ate and were filled, and they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. — Mark 8:8.

When I was a a child, the feeding of the multitudes fascinated me. Had Jesus pulled off the greatest of all magic tricks? How did he do it? As I grew up, I heard many logical explanations such as the multitudes were shamed by Christ’s generosity so they too shared their food. That version is much more logical, but not near as much fun.

Now as I approach my later years, we come up with a different explanation. Jesus sharing the disciples’s food was an act of love and grace. When it comes to God’s love for us there is always plenty to go around. Shouldn’t we share his grace and love with all as well?

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Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.