God's Fundamental Law of Leftovers

"There is a boy here

who has five barley loaves

            and two fish,

but what are they

     for so many?"

Jesus said,

"Have the people sit down."

                John 6. 9-10

(In this passage,

God reveals what He does

with the ordinary task

  of a mom just fixing lunch

  for her child on an ordinary day.

God multiplies our faithful work

   --even that which

      does not seem to matter.

Through it, God serves the world.

It is not what we do,

    but what God does with it

    of which we may never know.

Even the leftovers

         resound in eternity.

God's fundamental

             law of leftovers

means not just enough

       but more than enough.

We need not trust the outcome,

   but trust in Him alone.)

O LORD,

We ask Your blessing

    on all that we do today.

In Your sight

        and for Your Kingdom,

   it is all profoundly significant.

We ask also to bless You

  and follow You into this day,

knowing that

    even the interruptions

can bring You

        the greatest glory.

Multiply our work, O LORD.

Help us to recognize

     Your hand all over it.