Today in our Staff Meeting we read John 6, Jesus feeding the 5,000 (plus women & children :) The disciples were invited to participate in the miracle through dispersing the 5 loaves and 2 fish, not knowing Jesus' plan. It probably seemed ridiculous. How could this tiny amount of food even satisfy one family here, let alone 5,000? Yet the disciples took the humble offering of the boy and told everyone to sit down. They obeyed and a miracle happened.
How often do I look at the need and wonder how my small efforts could ever be making a difference? There is so much need! Each women in jail could use intensive counseling, healthy community, relationships, activities, etc. Yet, we have half an hour to meet with them on Sunday afternoons, sometimes developing into ongoing relationships. I spend a significant amount of time helping one farmworking family and their seemingly endless challenges of immigration, court, counseling, and basic things such as baby formula and signing kids up for school. This is one family among many with similar challenges. It can be overwhelming.
Sometimes it feels like 5000 plus men, women, and children. And yet, Im invited to take the loaves and fish that I've been given and hand them out. Im not responsible for making the impossible possible, I just get to participate in the miracle happening by being faithful to what God is calling me to each moment.
Please pray that we remember that God makes the impossible possible and that He guides our moments & days. Thank you for helping make this work possible as well! May you too be encouraged in each moment of your day!
