God solves all problems!

Everything is possible with God. 

34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

35 By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late. 36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”

They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages[a]! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”

38 “How many loaves do you have?” he asked. “Go and see.”

When they found out, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

39 Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. 40 So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.-Mark6:34-44

How indeed could Jesus' disciples face the challenge to feed five thousand men - not counting the women and children? It is but normal for anybody to cringe before a bigger-than-life challenge. But notice that Jesus did not leave His disciples alone in feeding a multitude. It was still Jesus Himself who solved the challenge. Sometimes, we find ourselves before a bigger-than-life challenge. We cower, we cringe, and sometimes we collapse before a problem as evident in so many suicide cases around the world. But today's Gospel is an encouragement for us to be not afraid, for Jesus knew our problems before it even became a reality. Jesus has a solution ready for all our problems, difficulties and challenges long before it came to be, all we need to do is to be open to Him.

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