Doppelgänger

Some days you just do what you are trained to do. Sometimes you are told to do differently. Against their better judgment, Peter did do what Jesus asked of him, but I am sure that they had a discussion beforehand that went something like “Well, we are the fishermen here, but if we need to toss our net over the edge of the boat again to get you to shut your mouth…” and with a “ugggh” and a toss the net was in the water. What would YOU have done? When do you feel that God is asking you to go against your better judgment?

I did this painting to show that sometimes the provision of God is just below the surface and also that he always knows where it will come from before we are nudged to act upon his Call. Peter had done everything right - all night long - and he was tired form doing the right thing with NO result. Jesus came to them to say “Keep it up”. Sometimes it seems absurd to do what you think is the “right thing”, but I have found that to keep pressing in is often the thing that is needed… that which needs to be done in order to get to the tipping point, to cause the equilibrium to go your way, to cause status quo to be not good enough. Life is hard work if we want to accomplish much or even SEE much in this world. It is always easer to “go with the flow” and just sit on a raft and float to the end of the river. I am never satisfied with this for very long. Rest is good, but real LIFE is hard work… and rewarding.

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