CAST YOUR HEART’S NET OUT INTO THE DEEP

“He touched my mouth with an ember from the altar, and said,
‘See, now that this has touched your lips,
your wickedness is removed, your sin purged.’
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
‘Whom shall I send?  Who will go for us?’
‘Here I am,’ I said; ‘send me!’” Isaiah 6:7-8

“Last of all, as to one born abnormally,
he appeared to me.
For I am the least of the apostles,
not fit to be called an apostle,
because I persecuted the church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am,
and his grace to me has not been ineffective.
Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them;
not I, however, but the grace of God that is with me.” 1 Corinthians 15:8-10

“Simon said in reply,
‘Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing,
but at your command I will lower the nets.’
When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish
and their nets were tearing.
They signaled to their partners in the other boat
to come to help them. 
They came and filled both boats
so that the boats were in danger of sinking.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said,
‘Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.’
For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him
and all those with him,
and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
who were partners of Simon.
Jesus said to Simon, ‘Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.’
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him.” Luke 5: 5-11

Christ, yesterday, today and forever calls, saying to you and to me:

Cast your net out into the deep. Do not worry about your unworthiness. I am with you.

How many people have swum into the nets cast by our hearts that listen for the faint cries of those around us? Or, have we too often not been as trusting of the good that God knows to be in us. God knows that the good is there because God, our creator, placed them within us!

Do not be afraid. As it has always been, we are capturing hearts for God. Only in God, are you and I and every single person where we are meant to be.

Sister Loretta