Five Loaves in a Deserted Place
“He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to the sky, he blessed them, and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the multitude. They ate, and were all filled. They gathered up twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over.”Luke 9:16–17
Sometimes we count what is available and feel worse afterward. There is only so much money, only so much energy, only so much time before someone needs us again. Counting can be wise. But we can quietly turn an honest account of our limits into a final judgment: nothing more can be done. In Luke 9, the disciples face a...
