A FISH AND A LOVE STORY

 

A FISH AND LOVE STORY

It started with fish

And it ended with LOVE

Jesus' story with his BEST friends

And his apostles

Hence a fish and a LOVE STORY

“When they had done this

They caught

A great number of fish

And........FILLED both boats

So that they were in danger of sinking

….....

When they brought their boats

To the shore

They left everything

And followed him”                                                         Luke 5:6-7-11

What a great way

To call your first disciples

To FIND your friends

Simon Peter overwhelmed

Falls to his knees and says,

'Get away from me Lord;

I am a sinful man'”                                                                  Luke 5:8

Jesus-in turn-says-

“Don't be afraid

From now on

You will be FISHERS OF MEN”                                                  Luke 5:10

And what about us

In today's world

Are we not

A little bit overwhelmed

Do we not think and feel

The same way as Peter

(“Get away from me Lord;

I am a sinful man; or 

I am a sinful woman”)

But we need not worry-

Jesus calls us HIS FRIENDS

And we have a story

That ends just the way

It ended with the apostles

IN LOVE

IN JESUS' love for us-

Is us trying to bring people

To OUR LORD'S KINGDOM

“You are my FRIENDS

If you do what I command

I no longer

Call you servants

Because a servant

Does not know his master's business

INSTEAD I have called you FRIENDS

For everything that I have learned

From my Father

I have made known to you”                                                          John 15:14-15

And which of us

Hasn't sat down

With a brother and sister in Christ

Over a fish sandwich 

Or a fish dinner

And discussed how much God

How much our Lord Jesus Christ

LOVES US-and what he went through

To save us

Peter only denied Jesus three times-

And Jesus later AFFIRMED HIM

How many times have you and I

Denied Christ in this world-

If you are like me

It is probably too numerous to count

Jesus appears to his disciples again

After the RESURRECTION

And again they catch MANY FISH

Probably too numerous to count

But scripture says 153 “kinds”

Perhaps the number of kinds of people

In the world-at that time

Dear Lord-WE PRAY

Perhaps the SHARING of the fish

Was the beginning of sharing

Of the GOOD NEWS of THE LORD

HELP US

To continue to feed the people

The good news of your life

In today's world

For the job is ONLY 1/2 done

“ALL AUTHORITY in heaven

And on earth

Have been given to me

Therefore-go and make disciples

Of ALL NATIONS

BAPTIZING them in the name

Of the Father-and the Son

And the Holy Spirit

And teaching them to obey

EVERYTHING I commanded you

And SURELY I AM with you ALWAYS

To the very end of the age”                                                                   Matthew 28:18-20

Dear Lord-

HELP US to continue to share the fish

And to SHARE THE LOVE

Robert P. Wallman        February 6th, 2016     INSPIRED by Patricia LIVINGSTON of LIVING FAITH

Ps         12-13-14-18 and 8-23-2021