Expect the Unexpected
Thurs. 22nd Week Year 1
Gospel (Lk 5, 1-11)
Expect the Unexpected
Life with Jesus is full of surprises. He rarely fulfills preconceived expectations
and always asks and delivers the unexpected!
Peter and his companions have had a hard night fishing without any
results. They just get finished cleaning
their nets when Jesus, the non-fisherman itinerant preacher asks them to go out
into the deep for a catch. It was the
wrong time. It was the wrong way. He had the wrong men. Or so they thought. But they go out anyway and we know what
happened: they caught so many fish that
the boats were sinking. Then He tells
them they will be catching men from now on, so they leave all the fish (I guess
the crowds on the shore had a good dinner!) and follow Him. I must confess that is about all I have by
way of inspiration. My nets cast into
the sea of the Gospel came up with just these few, small fish today. Maybe the fact that we are on day 5 of our
power and phone outage and all that means by way of improvisiation; a Sister
has strep throat and needs a stronger anti-biotic; a workman is here finishing
up work in the kitchen and looking at possible damage from the earthquake that
caused the roof over the sanctuary to leak; the chaplain’s generator is not
working; an applicant had to reschedule her visit because of the hurricane;
another girl confirmed that she is coming tomorrow; and having to prepare a
class for our Indian and Vietnamese Sisters, has something to do with the
reason my nets are a bit tangled today.
But I have been around long enough to know that there are seasons of the
soul just as there are seasons of the year.
The winter prepares for the spring.
And the dark night of fruitless fishing makes the large morning catch
all the more dramatic and joyful. So
maybe there will be better fishing tomorrow, or the next day. I will just go with the flow, for I go with
Jesus. He will decide.
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