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Called to be a fisherman, my livelihood I spend<\/h6>\n
Many days out on the sea, casting my net for a catch<\/h6>\n
Sometimes empty-handed, so I row back to shore<\/h6>\n
No time to think of wealth or fame, this is my lot, nothing more\u2026<\/h6>\n
As is my custom I ready my wares, I swab the deck, and mend my nets; sails set\u2026<\/h6>\n
The words of\u00a0the passerby say, \u201cCome, follow me\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/h6>\n
Without hesitation and without regret, I lay down my net, and follow\u2026<\/h6>\n
A fisherman you\u2019ve been called to be, catching fish out on the sea\u2026<\/h6>\n
Night after night, waters calm, or, stormy\u2026<\/h6>\n
Now, you\u2019ll become a fisher-of-men, so cast your net and welcome in, souls, for the kingdom\u2026<\/h6>\n
Filled to more than you can count, souls come pouring in, using nets not made by human hands, you make your cast and then begin\u2026 for the Passerby has called you to His side\u2026<\/h6>\n
Like waves upon the shore-line, He comes riding on the tide\u2026<\/h6>\n
He seeks you out and calls you,<\/h6>\n
Fishers-of-men and women, come, follow the Master Fisherman\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n
Without hesitation and no regret, I drop my net, and follow, Him\u2026<\/h6>\n
~Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill February 5, 2019\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
Matthew 4:19-20 <\/em><\/strong>Walking along the beach of Lake Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers: Simon (later called Peter) and Andrew. They were fishing, throwing their nets into the lake. It was their regular work. Jesus said to them, \u201cCome with me. I\u2019ll make a new kind of fisherman out of you. I\u2019ll show you how to catch men and women instead of perch and bass.\u201d They didn\u2019t ask questions, but simply dropped their nets and followed.<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Called to be a fisherman, my livelihood I spend Many days out on the sea, casting my net for a catch Sometimes empty-handed, so I row back to shore No time to think of wealth or fame, this is my lot, nothing more\u2026 As is my custom I ready my wares, I swab the deck,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-Qt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3253"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}