A 'sometimers' random thoughts; providing I can remember them long enough to keep up this blog.
Friday, April 13, 2007
Just my Thoughts?
I read a passage in John 21 this morning that I so readily identified with. The disciples are out in a boat on the lake fishing. It was following the death of Christ and in their grief they fled. The nets are empty after a whole night of toiling and a man yells from the shore line..."Do you have any fish?" no, they reply and to this HE says "Let your nets down on other side!" I am sure the disciples thought yeah, right, like there would be fish a boat's width away, but they obeyed and the results were staggering. Like so many of us who flee in our grief, Jesus shows up and asks us to do what may seem strange. I could not help but notice the disciples did not cop an attitude, they simply obeyed and then hauled their catch up to the shore where there were coals of fire ready. Jesus then says, "Come and Dine"....this is the third time the disciples have seen HIM since HIS death. I am sure the disciples were amazed by the results of their obedience to what seemed liked a ridiculous command, yet Jesus still calls out to us those same kind of instructions.....love your neighbor as yourself, forgive seventy times seventy, bless your enemy, and yet though you die, you will live. When we see HIM again....HE will be calling out to us "Come and Dine" at the banquet table of Heaven, Oh what a blessed hope we have. My prayer is that each of us are willing to hear the directive's of our loving Savior as HE walks along the shores of our lives.
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What a lovely and awesome blog! It is so beautifully written and so full of hot revelation. Thank you and keep up the great work.
How wonderful it truly is to obey His every command. Even when the first evidence doesn't seem to be what we anticipated, yet that step of obedience always leads us on to the complete fulfillment of all He has for us.
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