Dad was an avid fisherman. I mean AVID. He was able to retire early so he could go fishing everyday, and he did. Our freezer was always full of wonderful chinook and salmon, steelhead and crappie. Dad used his small boat to do amazing things. He fine tuned his motor to skim over 2 inch rapids and had the other fishermen jealous. He was followed much of the time to his favorite holes because they wanted to know where he caught the big ones. Dad usually talked to whoever was in his boat about Jesus. The older he got, the more he talked, and the bolder he became.
Isn't that how we should all want to be? Fishermen that others want to follow toward the Master, our Lord Jesus Christ? I desire to be good at what God has called me to do, so that by using that platform others will follow Jesus, too. What is your platform? Your hobbies and interests? God is waiting for you to use them for His kingdom. We make speaking for Jesus a separate activity in our lives. God desires to go fishing with us so He is always present speaking through us.
Dad's boat now sits in our garden near the fort, and the grandchildren play all kinds of things in it. We just couldn't bear to part with it. Because, once again, the memories give us great cause to sing the praises of Jesus. K.C.
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