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A prayer when you don't have enough by Betsy de Cruz, read by Leah Martin.

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,

he gave thanks and broke the loaves.

Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people.

He also divided the two fish among them all, Mark 641.

I never worried about money until my kids went to college.

As we hunkered down to pay for their studies, unexpected extra expenses

always cropped up and made my heart lurch.

During our son's sophomore year, we had a medical situation,

a broken refrigerator, and a paycheck problem all in the same month.

I wondered if our bank account would stretch bar enough.

I'm sure you also have times when the money in the bank seems too small

for your whopping bills.

Or maybe you feel like you don't have enough time and strength for the job

or enough wisdom for the decision.

When resources are in short supply, we start to focus on our lack.

That's what the disciples were doing when Jesus asked them to feed the five thousand people.

We only have five loaves of bread and two fish, they said in Luke 9, 13.

Jesus, however, took the little they had, lifted it to heaven, and gave thanks.

And he put what they had to use.

Man's scarcity turned to God's abundance as they broke the loaves

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