my soap journal

Scripture:

Mark 8:1-10 – Jesus feeds four thousand men with seven loaves of bread

Application:

Right now in my life I feel like both my time and my talent amount to seven loaves; I feel overextended. What I want is to get to the end of my day and feel like I have baskets left … but I don’t. I feel like it’s all gone, including my portion. Perhaps the problem is that I’m relying only on my seven loaves, or maybe I’m not sufficiently thanking for and asking God to bless them. Either way, I know there is more. I know that God has baskets for me, so that I can hand out everything I have and have baskets left over.

Prayer:

Lord, thank you for my seven loaves – let me not be ungrateful for the bounty in my life. Please bless my time, and bless my talent so that everyone around me has received everything they need from me without want for more. Let my source be you, Lord. I know that my stores will never be enough – that I need to come to you in order to give more than I have, and I know you are more than capable. I love you, Lord.