They all ate and were satisfied. Mark 6:42

We're in the week of rude awakenings.  Our lives are getting back to normal after Thanksgiving, Advent, Christmas and New Year's.  Many of us spent too much money trying to fill emotional and physical holes with family and friends.  Now we've found the holes are still there, along with new ones in our bank accounts. No matter how noble or selfless our intentions, excess in this world doesn't satisfy long-term.

The disciples despaired at the cost of feeding the crowd, saying they'd need 200 days of wages.  And yet, they learned that with Christ, five loaves and two fish were more than sufficient.  As we work on resolutions to spend, eat and drink less, may we also resolve to trust more in the master's love, which feeds and satisfies like nothing else.

Lord, I praise your name.  True satisfaction begins and ends with you.

Melanie Rigney