He blessed and broke and gave. Mk 6:41

Gather the broken pieces that nothing be lost. John 6:12 R.V.

In England we cut a loaf, and if there is anything left it is a cut end of the loaf, or there may be a few slices. There is never “fragments,” which the Revise Version renders literally “ broken Pieces.” But in India people break bits off a loaf or cake, and I suppose it was so in Palestine_-as broken pieces, not slices, were left over of what the Lord had first blessed and broken and given.

Some of us may be much more like broken pieces than nice tidy-cut slices. At any rate, we feel so. Is it not a comfort, then, to read that not only did our Lord bless and break and give, but every morsel of what He had blessed was, in His sight, wroth gathering up for use.

We may be only the odds and ends of things, not worth calling, not worth calling anything; but what He has blesses He uses, so that nothing, even such nothings as we are, be lost.    

            Amy Carmichael  “I Come Quietly to Meet You.”

After reading ‘He blessed and brake and gave,’ I was reminded on that busy day I felt fragmented, by left over thoughts, papers to be filed, preparations for the next event...lunch with friends, packages to be mailed. You get the picture. I took a deep breath and thanked Him for gathering up all the leftover fragments of my day, knowing He uses every tiny piece to His glory.   -eb