The reading was the gospel story where the apostles were fishing all day and caught nothing. Jesus told them to put their nets back in the water, and although they protested that it would be fruitless, they did so and caught more fish than they could bring aboard.
What message do *you* take from this?
To Mr. Bond: that was a good one, lol.
Kettricken,
I am really trying not to figure out what she's thinking, as we all know that is pretty pointless. But the message I get is pretty much the optimistic view I wrote about in the post. That you have to trust God, and not pick and choose which elements of His Word that you are going to believe.
Even those who consider themselves religious in our culture seem to want to interpret God's view to be "whatever is convenient and fitting with our lifestyle." As long as we're not doing anything which is considered blatantly wrong/illegal, we're OK. I myself have been guilty of this thinking. But I don't think it is that simple. There is more to it than that. What I think that particular story indicates is that we should never think that we have better judgment than God does. That when we just trust Him and do what He asks, regardless of how difficult that may be, or how it may conflict with our culture, lifestyle, or what WE want, we are going to discover that He is always right.
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