Scripture
Matthew 14:16
Isaiah 55:1-3; Psalm 145:8-9, 15-18; Romans 8:35, 37-39; Matthew 14:13-21
Sermon Week/Year
There are moments when the world simply feels too large.
Not geographically large, but morally and emotionally large. We awaken each morning intending to care, and before the day has properly begun we have already encountered more suffering than previous generations might have known in a month. Another war dominates the headlines. Another family has lost everything in a flood or a fire. A friend asks for prayers after receiving a frightening diagnosis. A local food pantry announces its shelves are running low. Every story is real. Every need deserves our attention.
After a while, however, even compassionate people begin asking a question they rarely speak aloud.
What difference can one person possibly make?
That question is not born of selfishness. It is born of discouragement. It comes from caring deeply while feeling painfully small. We know the needs are real. We simply wonder whether our own resources—our time, our strength, our generosity, even our prayers—could ever be enough.
Our Scripture lessons this morning answer…
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