John 6:30-31″So they asked him, ‘What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert…'” (NIV)*
If I created a garden of petals and vines
Provided seed for bread and fruit for wine
Unleashed a rainbow across the sky
Carved a canyon deep, shaped a mountainside…
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Tell me, would that suffice?
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If I sprinkled stars on an icing sky
Lit a giant nightlight in the dark outside
Woke the sun every morning on the early side
Packed grains of sand where the oceans tide…
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Tell me, would that suffice?
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by Patty Perkins
They were stuck in disbelief and asked for a sign of mere manna. Then, they would believe. Not. The very bread of life was within their reach…yet they couldn’t grasp him. They heard him speak…yet didn’t know him. They saw his face…yet didn’t believe. What more could he do?
*The One Year Bible, New International Version, copyright 1986, Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois.
Beside Quiet Waters 
May 10th, 2013 at 6:08 pm
You know, I used to read these passages and wonder, too–a bit judgmentally, I confess. But I look at how I was “before”, and realize I didn’t see/hear/believe Him, either. Until we receive the gift of revelation, we just don’t get it. God bless you BIG today–love, sis Caddo
May 10th, 2013 at 7:30 pm
That’s a good word…thank you!
May 11th, 2013 at 1:02 am
I just read this passage this morning, too! 🙂 And I echo Caddo’s thoughts – I used to pass judgement on the Pharisees in all the stories – not realizing I have been one myself. Your words poke holes in all the ‘bargain-striking’ I have tried over the years. God doesn’t need to ‘prove’ anything – He has already done it all…
May 11th, 2013 at 10:48 am
Good reminders…I read those passages and wonder what it would be like for him to be right there and not see him…the poignancy strikes a chord. Yet how many times a day does that happen? “Open my eyes that I may see…” comes to mind.
May 11th, 2013 at 1:12 pm
Absolutely!
May 11th, 2013 at 1:29 am
thanks Patty for this … I too was so sick and blind at one time … and still am in many ways… I am in awe of the patience of my God and His mercy and grace … undeserved for sure
May 11th, 2013 at 10:56 am
It’s all grace that any of us see…your words brought to mind these words penned by John Newton: “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now, I see.” Held in grace today!