Feeding the 60…

I know what your thinking, he wrote 60 instead of 5,000. Wrong! Today was a very interesting day that let me to think of the feeding of the 5,000.

We did a lunch fundraiser selling chicken tenders, beaked beans, cole slaw, etc and had presold 60. Well even though that is not alot, it was on the youth to sell them to help raise money for their trip. So we bought all the stuff for it and prepared and all that jazz, and then no one showed up. We had a total of 45 plates picked up. Although that is not alot off of 60, it is still a high percentage.

So being that Life Church’s vision is to, “Show God’s Love in a Practical Way”, we decided to take our food and try and give it away to people at a local grocery store. Well I was standing there by myself with this box of food and drinks, trying to hand them out to people saying, “May I please bless you with a free lunch?” Reactions varied from, “No No No No No No No!” to “I don’t want your free food!”

Now hear me out, you would think that it was all bad. And even though we had to stand there for an hour and a half to give away 10 lunches, we finally had some people say yes and when they did, we were able to tell them the truth. “That God Loves You”.

Now that I sit back on 4 hours sleep, I cannot help but think about how I paniced about feeding 60 while Jesus feed 5,000 (not including the women and children). So my question to you is, are you showing God’s love in a practical way and are you accepting of God’s love when shown in a practical way?