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“So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets” (Mark 8:8).
The Lord Jesus was the Creator of all things, yet we find in this verse that He was careful not to waste anything. He had just worked a miracle by multiplying seven loaves and a few small fishes into enough food to feed thousands of people, yet He and His disciples carefully picked up what was left over.
This is a good lesson for us. Some of us live in countries where there is plenty of food available to us, and sometimes it is tempting to waste it. We should not do that, for it is the Lord who has provided it for us. Of course, we realize that occasionally we cannot avoid wasting some food, such as when it may spoil in the refrigerator, or when someone serves us far more than we can eat. But at other times we may take more than we can eat, and then throw some of it out. It is good not to get into the habit of wasting food, even if we have plenty of it.
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