When I offer my insignificant life to the Lord ...

When Jesus got out of the boat and saw a large crowd,

he was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick.

When evening came, his disciples came to him and said,

“Send the people away to the villages so they can buy themselves food.”

Jesus said to them, “They don’t have to go.  You give them something to eat.”

But the disciples answered, “All we have here is five loaves of bread and two fish.”

Jesus said, “Bring them here to me,” and he made the crowd sit down on the grass.

He took the five loaves and the two fish, and “looking up to heaven,

he gave thanks and broke them,” and gave them to the disciples,

and the disciples gave them to the crowd.

The crowd (about 5,000 men, in addition to women and children) ate and were satisfied,

and they picked up twelve baskets full of broken pieces

(Matthew 14:14-21).

When I meditate on this passage, two thoughts come to mind:

(1) Even through my life of “five loaves and two fish,”

the Almighty Lord can share the words of Jesus, the bread of life,

with about 5,000 men and let them eat spiritual food.

(2) When I offer my insignificant life to the Lord,

the Lord “looks up to heaven and gives thanks”

and performs the miracle of the five loaves and two fish.