Compared to other stories that I have read in the Bible, I think I'm actually enjoying Mark's gospel. It's not that the gospel is very exciting and fun, but I just find it interesting. I'm not exactly sure why, though. Maybe it's because the story talks about Jesus and his doings.
Anyways, I read a few more chapters of the gospel, and it was pretty much about more of Jesus's incredible miracles. He stopped a storm, walked on water, and even revive a little girl from the dead. I, of course, wasn't surprised since it's Jesus I'm talking about here. But, what did catch my attention was the part when Jesus asks this question:
"'How many loaves have ye?' And they said, Seven." (Mark 8:5)
It's just a bit odd. If Jesus has the power to satisfy the hunger of a bunch of people with any amount of food (just like he did in chapter six with five loaves of bread), then why does he need to know how many loaves of bread there are? Why does he bother asking if he can somehow divide the bread with his divine powers to fill up the bellies of any population? I mean, he still would have fed everyone even if he had one loaf of bread, instead of seven. Maybe he did that on purpose to somehow teach others something he wanted to, but I'm not quite sure. But whatever, I was just wondering.
So, I guess I should keep on reading the gospel since I'm only halfway through. As I said before, the gospel is not that exciting but sort of interesting to read. I hope it keeps on like this.
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