#feeding5000

[brentclanton]

Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, setting for numerous miracles of Jesus. #WalkOnWater #QuietTheStorm #Feeding5000

[newstfionline]

Over a ton of rejected fruit, vegetables feed Athenians

AP, Oct 11, 2015

ATHENS, Greece (AP)--Thousands of Athenians have turned up to consume more than a ton of fruit and vegetables rejected by stores in an event that highlights the waste of food in advanced societies.

Despite the overcast sky, people lined up in a central square in the Greek capital on Sunday to eat briam, a casserole medley of vegetables, such as eggplant, zucchini, carrots and potatoes, as well as a dessert of fruit salad.

The event was part of a global campaign called “Feeding5000.”

The organizers, global non-governmental organization Feedback, received the vegetables from farmers after they had been rejected by stores because they were misshapen, but otherwise perfectly edible, they said.

About a third of the annual global foodstuff production gets lost or wasted, Feedback says.

[episcopalpriestashburn-blog]

Four Loaves and 2 Fish

[episcopalpriestashburn-blog]

Galilee Church Fire

A few days ago, the church located near the feeding of the 5,000 was set on fire. On the floor of that church, under the altar, there is a mosaic that shows a basket with four loaves and 2 fish in it. But the feeding of the 5,000 stories say there are 5 loaves. The 5th loaf is on the altar. We continue to be part of the feeding of the 5,000. The mosaics on the floor were not destroyed in the fire.

[newstfionline]

Greeks feast on tons of rejected vegetables

AP, November 10, 2014

Thessaloniki, Greece: More than 5000 Greeks have eaten more than two tons of fruit and vegetables rejected by food stores in an event that highlighted the waste of food in advanced societies.

People lined up in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki Sunday to eat Briam, a medley of vegetables cooked in large casseroles, as well as crepes and fruit salads.

The event was part of a global campaign called Feeding5000.

The organizers said they had received the vegetables from local farmers after they had been rejected by food stores, either because of their shape or because the stores decided to cancel contracts with the farmers.

They said the produce was perfectly edible and that about 30 per cent of the annual global foodstuff production gets lost or wasted.

[eachdayforjesus]

My Quiet Time Today

DO IT YOURSELF.

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

Mark 6:30-44

Here, Jesus gave His disciples instruction to feed the multitude themselves. And they must have wondered but How are we to do that? But Jesus won't give me or you anything to do without knowing how he will make a way. At the time, it may seem like It's impossible or you're not capable, but nevertheless Do it! 

It should be our prayer that whatever the Lord demands of us, that we will let the Holy Spirit guide us rather than our mind and feelings.