Hello boys and girls
This is Aunt Frenita and I have a wonderful story for you
Called "A Little Boy Shares"
Today's memory verse is from Hebrew 13:16
It says, "Do not forget to share with others."
The message for today's story is "Friends share with others"
One day, many people were far away from home at mealtime
But Jesus had a surprise for them
The sunshine sparkled on the water as the little boy walked beside the lake
He was not alone
Many people gathered on the hillside to see Jesus
The little boy carefully wriggled his way to the front of the crowd
Excuse me
Pardon me
Excuse me
The little boy listened as Jesus begun to tell of God's love
He even saw Jesus heal sick people
It was so exciting that the day went by very quickly
And the little boy had not even thought about eating
His mother had packed a lunch
of 5 small loaves of barley bread and 2 small fish
But the little boy had not even touched his lunch yet
It was almost supper time now
Jesus's friend said to him, "don't you think that people should go home now?"
It is late and they are hungry
The little boy saw that Jesus did not want the people to go away hungry
Jesus turned to his disciples, "we'll give them something to eat"
The disciples looked very confused
It would take lots and lots of food to feed all of these people
One of Jesus's disciples named Andrew, smiled at the little boy and asked him
"What do you have in your basket?"
"5 small barley loaves and 2 little fish, sir"
"It's not much but Jesus can have it"
Then the little boy heard Jesus ask his disciples
"How much food do you have?"
Andrew just shook his head
We don't have any
But the little boy has a lunch he is willing to share
5 small loaves of barley bread and 2 little fish
But that's not enough to feed all of these people
Jesus smiled at the little boy
"Thank you for sharing your lunch," he said
Jesus said to his disciples, "have the people sit down"
First, Jesus prayed over the little boy's food
Then, he began to give pieces of the barley bread and fish to the disciples to give to the people
More and more bread and fish were taken out of the little boy's basket
More and more people ate
The little boy could not believe his eyes
It took a long time to feed all of the people
5 thousand men and that did not include the women and children who came to hear Jesus too
When everybody had eaten
Jesus said, "Now let's collect the food that is left"
The little boy watched as the disciples picked up 12 baskets of leftover food
It was just a little lunch for a little boy
But that little boy was willing to share
And Jesus fed all of those people with that little lunch
Because he loved them
Aunt Frenita would like to share a very special hello to 3 friends who live in the United States
Hello to Paige, Jayden and Ethan
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