Thursday, November 19, 2009
"I'm beginning to wonder if there are any fish in this bay," said Dad, as he baited his hook with yet another worm. He and Sara had been fishing in Jabber's Bay for nearly two hours. "We'd better catch more than we have so far," he said with a chuckle, "or Mother will have us take her out for dinner." Sara laughed out loud as she looked into the pail of fish they had caught that morning. two little fish were certainly not enough for dinner.
Sara and her dad had been quiet for a while when he noticed that their boat had drifted closer toward the shore. "Hmmm," said Dad as he began reeling in his line. "We better get back toward the middle of the bay. We may damage the boat if we get in too close to those rocks along the shoreline."
Sara also reeled in her line. She watched as her father rowed away from the shore. "I can't believe how quickly we drifted from the spot where we started," she said as he pulled hard on the oars. Soon they were back in the middle of the bay, fishing again.
"You know," said Dad after a while, "I've been thinking how much our spiritual lives are like fishing." Sara looked puzzled, ans Dad continued, "We were so busy fishing that we didn't notice we were drifting. And as Christians, we can be so busy with things of this life that we don't notice we've drifted away from the Lord."
Sara though in silence for a moment and then slowly nodded her head. "I guess it is easy to forget about the Lord sometimes," she agreed.
Dad watched as the water lapped against the side of the boat. "Yes," he answered softly, "sometimes it sure is easy. We need to guard against that."
How about you?
Are you so busy watching TV, playing with your friends or doing schoolwork that you have less and less time to spend with God? If you have drifted away from time spent with God, talk to Him about it. With His help, pull back from other things and spend more time on the things that please Him. It is hard but through Christ all things are possible! Just spend some time everyday doing your QT and praying!
MEMORIZE:
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9
-Q Ray
Sara and her dad had been quiet for a while when he noticed that their boat had drifted closer toward the shore. "Hmmm," said Dad as he began reeling in his line. "We better get back toward the middle of the bay. We may damage the boat if we get in too close to those rocks along the shoreline."
Sara also reeled in her line. She watched as her father rowed away from the shore. "I can't believe how quickly we drifted from the spot where we started," she said as he pulled hard on the oars. Soon they were back in the middle of the bay, fishing again.
"You know," said Dad after a while, "I've been thinking how much our spiritual lives are like fishing." Sara looked puzzled, ans Dad continued, "We were so busy fishing that we didn't notice we were drifting. And as Christians, we can be so busy with things of this life that we don't notice we've drifted away from the Lord."
Sara though in silence for a moment and then slowly nodded her head. "I guess it is easy to forget about the Lord sometimes," she agreed.
Dad watched as the water lapped against the side of the boat. "Yes," he answered softly, "sometimes it sure is easy. We need to guard against that."
How about you?
Are you so busy watching TV, playing with your friends or doing schoolwork that you have less and less time to spend with God? If you have drifted away from time spent with God, talk to Him about it. With His help, pull back from other things and spend more time on the things that please Him. It is hard but through Christ all things are possible! Just spend some time everyday doing your QT and praying!
MEMORIZE:
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9
-Q Ray
what we could have been, 8:53 PM.
