If you’ve never eaten fresh caught fish cooked over a
campfire…well, I just feel sorry for you. You have missed out on one of the
great pleasures of life. I’d work to remedy that as soon as possible if I were
you. Put it on you Priority To-Do List…you won’t be sorry. You can thank me
later…hahaha
For me, eating fish is just normal; I grew up on the
bay. Eating fish for breakfast, as I did both yesterday and this morning,
always put me in mind of the scripture in John 21 where Jesus cooks fish for
breakfast for the disciples. I feel a peaceful connection to Jesus every time, a
closer camaraderie. It’s a beautiful thing to me.
This morning I decided to delve into the ‘why & how
come’ of that piece of scripture. Inquiring minds really do want to know. I
read several commentaries; everything from the convoluted explanations that
made me scratch my head to the basic relatively uninformative that made me say,
“well, duh!”
I learned new details this morning about the time in
history, the types of fish in the sea of Tiberias, fishing laws that made it
possible for those particular men to own and fish from a boat when others could
not, and the deliberate acts of Jesus that morning and the miracles they
represented. It was enlightening, interesting, and informative and made the
story come alive. I can say with all honesty my connection to eating fish for
breakfast and the camaraderie I feel attached to it has a whole new meaning to
me.
I could explain all of this to you as I read and
understood it, sharing the richness and complexity of the information. I could,
but I’m not. I believe the information I was meant to glean from my research was
made alive and real to me because it was what God thought I needed to learn. My
lesson was tailored for me. God may want you to get something different, some
lesson you need. I shared what I shared in hopes that your interest was piqued
and you felt a longing to dive into it to see what your haul would be. Just as
the disciples pulled in a full net of big fish ('big' is an important word here…look
it up to know why), your net will be filled with all Jesus intends for you to catch.
My best suggestion would be to plan ahead and fish with
a sturdy net……
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