Bread of Life - Marlene Custer
Our third child joined our family when she was just under a year old. I knew immediately that she needed a nutritional boost. She had a voracious appetite and would clean every morsel from her plate, including any crumbs that fell onto her high-chair tray.
Friends commented on her excellent appetite and were careful not to leave snack plates in her reach. While some folks thought her antics with food was cute, I knew that her behavior was most likely from having been hungry.
After several months she learned that food was always readily available. She did not need to hoard it. I was pleased to see her gain physical strength and begin walking. When I think of this time in the life of our daughter, I am reminded that physical hunger is a sad thing, but spiritual hunger is even more devastating.
In recent years my husband and I have been involved in Bible Translation. We have seen and talked with people who are hungering for God’s Word. When finally receiving it, we have seen many grasp it to their hearts, then sit down in the shade of a tree and begin devouring it. I observed that when people get even little snippets of Scripture, they grasp every morsel and want more. When people are nourished on God’s Word, they live as Jesus taught, and their lives glow with renewed vitality.
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger...”. And the Psalmist declares, “...thy word hath quickened me.” Just as my child needed physical food, people need the Bread of Life which will benefit for eternity.
Father, please help me be as concerned for those that are spiritually hungry as I am for my children that are physically hungry.
KJV John 6:35, Psalm 119:50
Marlene is a retired teacher that desires to make Jesus known. Contact | 
