at the end of all human energy

Amy, inspired/encouraged by Jim and Amanda wrote this during our worship gathering about the gospel story: the feeding of the 5000.

At the end of all human energy

We went to the mountain to pray

We went away from the crowds and the noise and the chaos

All the distracted, destroyed lives and bodies and broken spirits

All seeking healing.

But they followed You there.

They followed us: unwilling,

at the end of all human energy,

seeking our own souls to feed.

You looked upon them with compassion

You the Bread of Life

in Perpetual Offering of Yourself,

willing Sacrifice.

We were waiting for a warrior.

We did not understand.

At the end of all human energy

we said

Oh Jesus, please send them away

Send them back to the streets and the towns

and the seasides and the slums

Send them back to the muck where they came from

Let us feast on You alone

Let us be with You.

Alone.

And You turned to us and said

"You give them something to eat."

At the end of all human energy

We gazed at the Bread of Heaven,

ravenous to be filled to bursting,

ravenous to possess and not to share

We did not understand.

That You, with a prayer

had all that we needed

and oh so much more.

12 baskets filled to overflowing

You gave without questioning.

At the end of all human energy

We did not understand

That in dying we live

That in giving we receive

and that in You, the Bread of Heaven,

we were only beginning to believe.