The Bible is honest. It doesn't sugar-coat the men and women who desired to follow the Lord, but fell again and again. The disciples failed to trust the Lord for the miracle he had just performed for the second time. Jesus says to them. I don't even need the loaf.
Failure is a friend.
We despise it. No, number one is all we care about. We've watched silver medal winners cry with disappointment on the Olympic stage. Yet, with every poor decision, with every wrong choice, with every selfish attitude, failure can be our friend-when we learn from it. Jesus wanted his disciples to hear and understand, to see and know.