Lets take to the river people!.

If God says in his word that he loves the animals. How is fishing for fun a good thing to do?

We have been crabbing which is (in my opinion) extremely fun.
You hang line with raw bacon day over the edge of a dock and wait.
The crabs cling to the bacon, have a little nibble and you draw up the line, pop it in your net and into your bucket with the rest of the crabs.

If you have an opponent then the competition is on! And the race to get the first and most crabs makes crabbing even more riveting.
I had my two little ones with me and the game was boys v girls.
Guess who won?

So crabbing is a sport which doesn't hurt the crabs. No hook in the mouth, just a net and sometimes a little nip of the finger if you get too close.

Crabbing, I think, is a sport that God created to have a giggle. Crabs are funny right?

When getting back from Wales, FaithWorks was on Evangelism and this verse came up -

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.  “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
Matthew 4:18 - 20

So let me combine this stuff.

Crabs like bacon. You can try crabbing with anything else but Bacon is the food that they want the most.
There is no use trying something else.
We as a people need to look inviting to others.
Being up ourselves, rude, not loving or giving, is not inviting to others and not what we are called to do.
To fish, we need to go to where the fish are and be inviting, friendly people that we are.
We are called, as Christians, to evangelise. To share the good news, to welcome people into the Church.


Lets go fishing.