Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I just wanted to tell you about my morning today:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I decided to take a walk during the Sunrise Beach Bible study
>>>> this morning and send out my usual SBBS morning text message.
>>>> This was the text message:
"So this morning as i was watching the sunrise i noticed there
>>>> were a bunch of fishermen on the beach trying to catch some fish.
>>>> Some were using poles and others nets. It reminded me how god is
>>>> constantly fishing for us. Sometimes he uses small and big event/
>>>> nets to search for us. But how awesome is our God who baits His
>>>> hook and casts it into the vast ocean... patiently waiting until
>>>> we grab hold."
>>>>
>>>> While on my walk I met several fishermen:
>>>>
>>>> One of the fishermen came up to me. His hair was graying around
>>>> the edges and he had clearly had coffee this morning because he
>>>> had spilled it down the front of his shirt. Regardless, this man
>>>> and I started talking about life. His name was Jim and he is 75
>>>> years old (his wife says he is 25 with 50 years of experience).
>>>> His wife, who was his college sweetheart, was recently diagnosed
>>>> with cancer.
>>>>
>>>> He told me about his position on the executive board of a
>>>> missionary program in Africa. We talked about the importance of
>>>> doing this type of work and the impact it can have on people who
>>>> least expect it. I told him how I would love to someday do
>>>> medical missionary work so this was absolutely fantastic talking
>>>> to someone who knew so much about it.
>>>>
>>>> We began discussing how his sister went to medical school and is
>>>> now an OB/Gyn. When she went to med school in her class of 150
>>>> students only 2 were female.
>>>>
>>>> He had asked me my plans for after school and I had mentioned how
>>>> I would love to go to medical school. And He told me something
>>>> that I know I will never forget...He said "After 75 years of life
>>>> and reading scripture when young people ask him, How will I know
>>>> God's will for me?, he always replies that you follow God's will
>>>> by not becoming lawyers or doctors but by being Godly. If God
>>>> wants you to become a Doctor He will place this on the hearts and
>>>> minds of the admissions committee. If it is God's will, God will
>>>> make it happen."
>>>>
>>>> While I know that this is such a simple concept, because
>>>> scripture tells us that God loves who we are today and not the
>>>> occupation will have in the future, but how we should live our
>>>> lives by His standards and not by our parent's, peers, or even
>>>> the world's expectations . At this point I was on the verge of
>>>> crying because I never thought, especially when I woke up this
>>>> morning, that God would answer my prayer, that I have been
>>>> praying for the past few months and again that morning, pleading
>>>> for answers of why I am struggling with the plans for my future
>>>> and I certainly never thought that He would do it in the form of
>>>> this Godly man fishing on the beach.
>>>>
>>>> This adorably sweet man, who invited me to church with him on
>>>> sunday (his wife and him always sit in the front row so you can't
>>>> miss them), was just casually fishing on the beach, just like in
>>>> my text message, and had clearly been placed there by God. Taking
>>>> advantage of the opportunity I gave him a DC card. When I handed
>>>> it to him He became very excited because his friend fishing next
>>>> to him, had just moved to the area with his wife, and was looking
>>>> for a laid back/casual kind of church (which is pretty much DC in
>>>> a nutshell). I couldn't help but see God's hand in this
>>>> situation. Not only was I just in awe that I had this encounter
>>>> with this first fisherman but then I met someone who was actively
>>>> looking for a church!
>>>>
>>>> Even though there are times when you think you are just one of
>>>> many fish searching for God in a VERY large ocean--Our God still
>>>> finds you and places people, sometimes in the form of a
>>>> fisherman, in your life to show you His Love for you.
>>>
>>>> -Isabel
