Did you ever wonder why there were leftovers when Jesus fed all those people? He fed over five thousand at one time and over four thousand another time. Each time there were several baskets full of leftover bread and fish.
We were always taught to eat all our food, "waste not, want not", as the saying goes. My grandmother always told us to eat all our food because there were starving people in Africa. I always wondered how my eating all my food would help them. Maybe I could send my food to them and then I wouldn't have to eat it, I childishly thought. I also taught my children to eat what was put before them and be thankful they had food.
Jesus was not trying to say it's alright to waste food by these two miracles. He was showing his compassion by providing for the physical needs of the crowd and showing his power from God and faith in God to supply the necessities of life.
Well, that's my thoughts on that subject. Hope it gave you "food" for thought!
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