Fish Stories

July 7, 2024
 
Reflections From the Heart of Allan Redenius
Here are some random thoughts about fishing to brighten your day.  😊  No, it’s not about the big one that got away.
 
Once upon a time, as Armona and I walked on a pier, there was an elderly lady fishing.  Of course we asked, “How’s the fishin’?”  To which she replied, “Oh, the number of fish you catch don’t matter.  What matters is that God doesn’t mark time while you’re fishin’.”  Now don’t you fishermen be using that line as an excuse to skip church!
 
On another occasion, while fishing below a dam with a pedestrian walk-way, I cast out with a very heavy sinker.  I wanted to set my hook in deeper water.  I waited and watched for the splash.  There was none.  I looked at my line only to discover that it had gone straight up and was tangled in some ladies’ hat on the bridge.  After finally getting it out of her hat, she said, “Hey….is this your line?”  I said, “Yes!  Could you walk another ten feet straight ahead and drop it in the lake?”  She did!  What a nice lady!  By the way, the only fish that was caught that day was the one that my friend netted when it swam too close to shore. 😊
 
Just like always.  The fish were biting yesterday and surely they will bite tomorrow.  I always add to that bit of wisdom, “And they will never bite on Sunday during church.”  That goes with, if you mow your lawn on Sunday, it will grow back twice as fast.  
 
It seems that whenever I go fishing, the fish don’t bite.  It’s kind of discouraging.  In John 21, after the resurrection, some of the disciples went fishing all night.  They caught nothing.  Early the next morning, Jesus asked of them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”  They must have been discouraged too.  Their answer was a simple, “No.”  Then Jesus said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.”  They did and caught more fish that they could haul into the boat.
 
How did Jesus know?  He always knows!
 
Pastor Allan
 
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