What Happens Here:
- More than 4,000 people are fed with 7 loaves of bread and a few fish
- Jesus denies the pharisees a miracle
- Jesus warms against wrong teachings and tries to get his followers to understand
- Jesus heals a blind man
- Peter says Jesus is the Christ
- God will be ashamed of those who are ashamed of him.
Reflection:
Even though Jesus's followers JUST witnessed him feed THOUSANDS of people with just a few fish and a small number of bread loaves, with plenty to spare, they doubt and worry that they will have enough food to eat. Jesus is like, HELLO, where you even paying attention?? But we tend to be the same way. Time and time again we see and experience miracles, mercy, providence, and strength in our own lives, and yet we still doubt and worry that God has it under control. But he does! We just need to understand and have faith!
Highlight:
Our relationship with God is like Jesus healing the blind man. He doesn't work slowly with us because he is stumped our because we are too difficult for him. When we draw closer to God he shows us greater depths of himself, but he only reveals more of himself to those who continue to draw near to his touch.
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