The Seventh Sunday after Trinity 2017

Jesus teaches us to rely on Him, to cast our every care on Him, because He cares for us.  The miraculous feeding of the 4,000 was the second time the disciples saw Jesus feed a crowd.  As the end of Mark 8 shows, Jesus is questioning the disciples about their lack of faith.  They saw Him feed 9,000 men, plus women and children with only a few loaves of bread and a few small fish.  But the disciples still did not believe, they did not think that God had all things in His control and that He would cause everything to work out for their good.

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