Leftovers
February 26, 2019
I’m Miriam Neff-with STARTING OVER FINANCIALLY,-and I’m Valerie Neff Hogan, and we’re here to talk about money
M Frugality is pictured many times in Scripture. Using everything. We are a culture of excess and throwing away stuff. What does Scripture have to say?
V One dramatic example is in Matthew 14, feeding 5,000 men, which might have been 20,000 counting women and children. The miracle—repeated twice. 5 loaves and 2 fishes miraculously multiplied in Jesus hands to feed them all to their fill.
Not the end of the story. Jesus instructed his disciples to collect the leftovers. 12 baskets! Broken pieces, handled by someone else, yet saved to satisfy someones need. Leftovers matter, should not be wasted, have a use.
M Matthew 15 describes a similar miracle. 4,000 men fed, seven baskets of leftovers. Serving leftovers? Biblical frugality.