I think I'll drop everything and just go fishin' (standard:Inspirational stories, 925 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: May 31 2005	Views/Reads: 3378/2142	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
I said something last week I haven't said in years. Where it came from, I really don't know. It's funny, you're tooling along minding your own business for weeks, maybe months at a time, and then something you haven't thought about for years pops into you

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say it is 18 inches. The presence of the fish precludes stretching the 
truth, not that a fisherman would lie — he just improves on the truth 
as he sees it. 

Often, when a fisherman does catch a fish he throws it back under the
pretense of it not being big enough. 

The singular subject of a fisherman's talk when returning from fishing
is simply, "the one that got away." No matter how big his biggest catch 
of the day is, the one that got away out-scales them all. 

He may never have seen that fish, but it has nothing to do with his
recitation of the one that got away. Something about that fish, whether 
real or imaginary, stirs the imagination of a true-blue fisherman. And, 
whether he saw that fish or not, he can talk for weeks, months and even 
years about that one. 

A real fish in time spoils and eventually stinks; however, the one that
got away always improves with age. 

I find myself in good company in this area. No less a person than the
apostle Peter did the same thing. He was frustrated and didn't know 
what to do so he did the thing that came natural to him. 

"Simon Peter saith unto them, I go fishing. They say unto him, We also
go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and 
that night they caught nothing." (John 21:3 KJV.) 

I did not go fishing last week but just the thought of it was an amazing
elixir to my spirit. 


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