Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

The gospels are full of miracle stories, but there is only one miracle story that is told in all four gospels, and two of those gospels actually tell it twice – which means this miracle has real significance.  That miracle is the feeding of the 5000.  It is also interesting to compare this story as told in each of the gospels.  In Matthew, Mark and Luke, when faced with the perplexing problem of feeding so many people and not having nearly enough food to do so, the disciples are the ones to ask Jesus the question, “What will we do?”  But in John’s telling of the story, there is a major twist as we hear Jesus asking Philip, “What will we do?”    Jesus has been continually moving through Galilee doing the work of ministry – teaching, speaking words of hope, and healing people.  The crowds begin to follow him around because of the miraculous healings they have seen.  And, in today’s story, 5,000 men plus women and children follow him up a mountain wanting to see more of his astonishing healing power.  In John’s