a prayer for today

http://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/series/fishing-nets-6

We confess 

that we have been so busy 

with the mending nets 

that we have forgotten to go to fish.

Make us today fishermen 

so that even if 

we come back home 

without fish 

we will be happy 

because 

we have fed a lot of them. 

For Christ sake.  

Amen. 

(Diocese of South Western Brazil)

learning a new trick

today was the bear's last day of vacation and my first day fishing with my big girl rod and reel.


i did catch a few, like this guy, but let them stay to grow a little bigger...

i continue to be amazed as i watch the skill and grace this man has on the water...

he knows just what lure to use and when to use it.   he has an innate sense of where the fish are and seeing him cast is watching a dance.  

i on the other hand spent way too much time untangling things yet by the end of the day was getting the hang of my big girl caster.


time on the water is always healing even when my body doesn't want to cooperate and i thank God for such beauty so close to home.