Sunday Reflection: Five loaves to twelve baskets

Today's reflection is brought to you by

Saskatoon berry-picking moon,
according to Indigenous (Blackfoot) wisdom
and there was an abundance this year!

John 6:13.

The disciples

(most of them)

are incredulous.

Feed all these people

with 5 loaves and 2 fish?

Are we really any different, 

though we know how the story ends?

We behave as if our Creator

has been stingy with creation.

We squirrel things away

for ourselves,

forgetting that none of it

really belongs to us.

But what if we all sat down 

and shared what you've given us

equitably?

It might be hard to imagine, 

but imagine we must.

Bless us,

O Lord,

for these your gifts

which we have received

through your bounty

have been hoarded

even though

Christ

was trying to teach us

to let all your goodness

flow through our hands

so that no one is in need.

Bless us

with open eyes, 

hands,

and hearts,

that we may share

your good creation

as you intended us to.

Once we adopt your sense of abundance,

we'll have many more

than twelve baskets of left overs!

Help us to live out, 

put out and act from

a deeper belief

in your abundance for all.

+Amen