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By Jim Harrison
02/27/20
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In days of old, during the times when Jesus Christ walked the earth. There was a traveler by the name of Alejandro, who often sailed from his beloved country known as Spain. Young Alejandro was a wealthy exporter who was successfully merchandising his family wares around the globe. For some time now, he had been hearing incredible stories, all of which have been genuinely insubstantial to him; in other words, as far as he knew, they just were tall tales. So Alejandro made up his mind to find this man called Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Now the sailing distance from Spain to Israel was 3,608 kilometers.

Now Our inquisitive friend finally made his way to the shores of Jerusalem and found out that this man was always on the go. It was like saying that Jesus never allowed grass to grow under his feet. Jesus was intentional about his mission. Every time that Alejandro felt that he was catching up to the Nazarene, this man was gone before he could even lay eyes upon him.

The closer Alejandro and his troop came to Jesus, the stories and his intrigue became more robust along with his excitement. This young man was a faithful Roman Catholic all of his life. But the Miracles were just unbelievable to him, and he felt that he honestly had to get to the bottom of these incredible exaggerations. In his mind, he told himself that he could except that this man is a knowledgeable teacher as well as a gifted story-teller. Alejandro was amazed that he had hundreds, maybe thousands of people following him. Everyone was waiting to see what he was going to do or hear what he was going to say. At this point, this young man from Spain was just about ready to dismiss the notion that this was odd. Now the events of Jesus are starting to interrupt his sleep as well as his thoughts throughout the day.

Finally, he was at the same place as this Jesus, and Alejandro
became a ball of nerves. He was hearing people talking about many miracles that they've heard of or maybe have been in the crowd. He heard stories like The Leper, who became healed instantaneously, and the centurion's servant who was at home lying paralyzed, fearfully tormented. Christ offered to go to his house, but this soldier of some rank declined and said that I am not worthy for you Jesus to enter my home. Then this centurion asked for Jesus to say the word, and I'll know that my servant will be healed. Not just the folks of Jewish nationality but any person breathing can accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

Okay, we all know that prayer changes things as well as how the Holy Spirit can soften even the hardest of hearts. I want to think that you are aware of the accounting of the feeding of the five thousand (Mark 6:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15). Every time that I re-read these verses or hear someone preaching or teaching of this miracle, I get what's commonly known as the "Holy Ghost chill bumps." Now on this day, Alejandro was one of the five thousand. He stayed all day as if he were mesmerized. Jesus' disciples were starting to become concerned as the day was winding down, and darkness was about to take over. In this isolated location,
no restaurants nor grocery stores; I imagine Jesus' inner circle probably did rock paper scissors to see who would approach Jesus about this upcoming dilemma. They must have been thinking even those who brought lunch must also be getting hungry. How could these thousands of folks get enough to eat from these poor farmers in the area? Can you imagine these small farmers, and I would also guess some were most likely in the crowd. As always, Jesus had compassion and inquired how much food was available. After an arduous hard search, the disciples came to Jesus and said: " We have only five loaves and two fish." By this point, Alejandro had pushed and shoved himself to the center stage of the man from Galilee. He carefully watched to see if there were any shenanigans about to happen. Jesus took the food, and He looked up, blessed the food, and breaking the loaves so the disciples could feed the crowds. Twelve full baskets were leftover. Alejandro became a Born Again Believer.
Anyone can be saved; I gave my life to Christ.

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