Fishing

   Have you ever gone fishing?  What kind?

   It takes discipline, and hard work, and patience, and for some a strong stomach.

   Sometimes your efforts are rewarded, sometimes they’re not.

   How do you fish for people?  It’s pretty much the same.

   We learn, sometimes by trial and error, what is effective, to go to where the people are, and to use whatever technology we can.

   Sometimes, though, it’s just “instinct”, or the voice of the Holy Spirit.

   Some fishers for people are commercial fishers, some use a net, and some go looking one-on-one.

   One thing that rarely works, however, as has been said, is waiting for the occasional fish to jump into the boat.

   We, as disciples of Christ, are all fishers of people.  The only question is, “What kind?”