There’s Nothing Like Homemade Bread

Anyone who is even remotely familiar with scripture is probably familiar with the many miracles that Jesus performed during his 3 short years of ministry here on Earth. Even for someone who is not a regular churchgoer or scripture reader, there is one miracle in particular mentioned in scripture that pretty much everyone is familiar with. In scripture we hear the story of how Jesus fed five thousand men with only five loaves of bread and two fish (Mark 6: 34 – 44). But did you know that there was someone else who performed a similar miracle many years before Jesus did? That’s right, it was a woman, except she didn’t just feed five thousand men, she fed the entire world and continues to do so even today. 

So who was this woman and how did she feed way more people than Jesus did that day? Before I answer that question, I want you take a minute and think about all of the different ways we refer to Jesus: teacher, friend, brother, savior, the light of the world, “the way, the truth and the life”, just to name a few. I mean the list goes on and on. Who could have imagined the endless list of titles he would be given, not only throughout his life but also throughout history? So how did he come to get all these different ways that we refer to him? For the most part, man has given him these names and references.