April 2022 – Page 2

I hear a bird through the thin camper walls. It is calling the world awake on an early Sunday morning. An alarm clock of sorts. Wake up! Arise. The sun is just over the horizon waiting to make an appearance. Get ready!

We are expecting a little visitor today. His parents are bringing him for a little fishing excursion. We have a life-vest just his size and a fishing pole suitable for his little hands. And snacks! Snacks are a must-have on the boat.

His mama grew up camping and fishing. She’s not a big fan of camping anymore but she enjoys being on the water. His daddy loves to fish when he has the opportunity. So the boy is destined to be a fisherman. And if his uncles and Papa have anything to say about it, he will know how to fish!

His Nonnie is not a big fan of sitting for hours on end with a rod in hand waiting for that catch-of-the-day. But she does enjoy watching her people and snapping pics of the fun. There is always a story in the boat worth capturing. And that is my kind of fishing.

“And He *said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.””
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭4:19‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

“So when they got out on the land, they saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have now caught.” Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.”
‭‭John‬ ‭21:9-11‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:5-8

Holding back His greatness, He did what no one else could do. He suppressed His glory and packaged it into human form. Did it ooze from His pores? How could His eyes not pierce those He looked at? Demons recognized Him fast but not His own friends.

He got down on our level. He had much bending low to do to get down here. He associated with people like me and you; good-for-nothings. He walked and talked and ate and lived and breathed and did the human thing. But He was God.

He didn’t boast but stooped down and wrote in the dirt. Doodling in dirt while accusers targeted a woman who assuredly messed up but found her Savior. His simple question, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”

He made no accusations. He just reminded. He brought a little perspective. He brought a lot of perspective.

In His perfect mercy, full of grace, bent low in humility, no arrogance in His demeanor, He saved.

Camping and Fishing

Humility

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