But Jesus said, 

"You feed them."

"With what?" they asked. "We'd have to work for months to earn enough money to buy food for all these people!"

"How much bread do you have?" he asked. 

"Go and find out."

Mark 6:37-38 NLT

The disciples have already assessed that the task is impossible.

They don't have the money, the time to earn the money, or the food to feed all these people.

Too much.

Too big.

Impossible.

And Jesus asks them to go check anyway. 

And what is the response?

Mark 6:38 NLT

They came back and reported, 

"We have five loaves of bread and two fish."

It seems that this seemingly tiny amount, this "drop in the bucket" of what is needed is enough for Jesus. 

And perhaps there's a small shift in the disciples from "this is impossible" to this is what we do have.

There was a seed of something.

And there's times I wonder if that is what Jesus is looking for in me..."how can I love everyone!?!? That's impossible"

"What can you do?"

I can be kind to this person, I can smile at this person, I can reach out over there...

And those seeds may be enough for Jesus to work with.

And there's a small shift in me that there is something I can do, even if it seems like a drop in a bucket.

Seeds are enough for Jesus to work with.

#gospelofMark #GoodNews 

#invitation 

#seedsareenough

#redemptivestrands