missio

I enjoyed the retreat thoroughly! I got a little sun, but hey, what’s an Irishman to do? Anyway, I was fishing off of a jetty on the Pamlico Sound when God spoke to me very loudly (not audibly, but it may as well have been). He told me that I could stand out there all day and not catch a fish. And I told Him that that would be OK, because I love fishing. When asked why I love fishing, I thought about it, and realized I loved fishing because I liked catching fish. He then told me that I could stand out there all day and not catch a fish, and yet I would enjoy it because I knew if I stood out there long enough, I’d eventually catch a fish. And then it hit me like a freight train: Fishing for men is no different. We can stand on the pier all day and not catch a one for a long period of time; but eventually we will, and it makes it all worthwhile.