The Kid With the Fish Had Enough

While on vacation I was really trying to think about "enough" and what it means in my life.  I happened to go to church without the kids which means, I got to go to church and listen.  The reading was about Jesus' miracle of multiplying the fish and bread in order to feed a crowd that came to hear him speak.  Remember this one?

A crowd of thousands comes to hear Jesus' sermon and then get hungry.  The apostles can only round up a few fish and some bread from a kid.  They tell Jesus we don't have enough to feed the crowd.  They suggest that Jesus send everyone home.  Then Jesus tells them to bring the food they have to him and he performs a miracle by multiplying the food to feed the crowd with tons left over.

Anyway, I had heard it before and the notable take aways from the scripture are usually (1) Jesus rocks because he takes care of his flock even if it takes a miracle, etc.  (2) Apostles often seem kind of bumbling in this story as they could only round up a few fish and few loaves from a kid and encourage Jesus to send everyone home.  The priest usually draws parallels between us and the apostles, aren't we so short sighted, we should always leave things in God's hands, etc.  This time the priest focused on the kid with the fish!!

The kid with the fish had ENOUGH.  No one knew it was enough for a crowd BUT he offered it up to God and it was multiplied.  The priest reminded all of us that God has given all of us through our talents, time, what ever more than enough, we just have to offer it up and it'll be multiplied.