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Several Sunday’s ago, the readings included Luke
5:6-7. Jesus asks Simon-Peter to row back out and recast his nets. After
fishing all night without catching anything, Peter wasn’t too keen on the idea,
but obeyed. We know the story. His nets almost broke under the abundance of fish.
My pastor’s sermon on the scripture hit me straight in the heart. God asks us
to recast our nets as well, to step out of our comfort zones and follow him.
Recast my net. It resonated with my current
marathon of edits on my already published books. Like Peter, I did that once
already and came up empty handed (very few sales). It’s tough work and I
sometimes wonder if it’s worth it. Evidently, God thinks so.
My pastor went on to add, “Recasting our nets would
lead to the miraculous event, the hook, leading us to God’s ultimate plan. God
may call me to step away from known things, and follow him in a direction I
would never go on my own. This certainly falls right into line with my post
(God First, Before Everything?) At my age and station in life, I can’t imagine what
that might be.