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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Chris Tufnell, a vicar in the Church of England. There's something wonderful about being independent, isn't there
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The teenager longs to leave home and become independent. The ageing person longs to stay at home and remain independent
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Part of my role as a father is to train my children to become independent adults
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But there's also something foolish about being too independent, like the person who refuses to ask for directions when they're clearly lost
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or the person who refuses to go to the doctor when they're clearly unwell
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The trick is learning to acknowledge the ways in which we're dependent on others
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One of Jesus' most famous miracles is designed to show us our dependence on him
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I thinking of Jesus feeding of the 5 This huge crowd turned up They were in the middle of nowhere hungry and unable to provide for their own needs So Jesus miraculously multiplied a boys pack
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lunch such that everyone had their fill and there were 12 baskets full of leftovers. That physical
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miracle also teaches us a deep spiritual truth. Even if our stomachs are full, we're spiritually
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hungry. And just as physical hunger isn't a design fault, it's meant to drive us to look for food
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spiritual hunger, that sense that there must be more to life than this, is meant to drive us to
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look for a spiritual satisfaction. Like that crowd, it's often only when we come to the end
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of our resources that we become aware of our need for God
