Being the Change He Wished to See

I have realized that one of the things Jesus did the most were miracles. I think he did them to be remembered, but also to change the lives of the people who were blessed by him.

The miracles that he made had more than one purpose. He made them happen because he felt bad for others and had such a big heart he wanted to help them. An example of this is when he felt bad for the people that had been waiting for him so much and were hungry. There was not enough food for all of them but when he took “the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.” (Mark 6: 41- 44)

I don’t think that was the only purpose, I think he also wanted people to believe in him and see how powerful he really was. There where times where he would make the person believe in him first and then he would actually cure them. A very common example is the story of the father who brought his son, which had a bad spirits. When he asked Jesus to help him he answered “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. ” (Mark 9: 23- 24)

But if you think about it, miracles weren’t the only thing he did to be followed and remembered, he also said many important things that affected many, such as “That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.” (Mark 7: 20) I think this makes a lot of sense, what comes out it´s probably what’s inside too. If there is someone doing bad things to themselves and to others, them it´s probably because of how they feel deep inside. Seeing things in this way can be sometimes good because you start to realize all the good people out there, not only because how nice they are or they always have a smile on their face, but because it will be easier to know how good that person really is and what it actually feels. The sad part is that it also works with the bad people.

All this things can also be found in Matthew, but I think they only got to me when reading Mark because of how they are in a way highlighted because of their great importance, while in Matthew there were other things that were highlighted, such as his birth.