Today I’d like to return to the scene of yesterday’s Catch: the Sunday afternoon concert in the park where we fed Chandler’s friends (and a couple of their parents) through the foresight of having enough food to handle more than just our family. That foresight came directly from my wife’s nature to be generous and to anticipate a need, because I’m naturally stingy. In fact it was merely knowing that what I had brought home from the grocery the first time wouldn’t be enough that sent me back to the store for more. Marti didn’t need to say anything.

Actually it was Chandler who was most responsible for all of this. It was his idea to attend the concert in the first place, and his idea to bring along his friends. He was truly the host of the evening and I’m sure, in his mind, there was never a doubt about provision. He wanted his friends around his family and being able to be generous with what was provided enlarged his own little heart a few sizes. The provision was our responsibility; the welcome was his.

It is Chandler’s attitude that most exemplifies what I want us to grasp from today’s reflections. Make friends and bring them along with you. Don’t worry about what to say or when; provision has been made. The God who can meet the need of every hungry soul is in charge of this event called life; you’re just the host.

And as he fed a multitude from the offering of a little boy’s lunch, he can take what you have and feed everyone with it.