How many times have you been fishing and you set the hook on a
huge lunker, or get the monster buck in your sites, maybe a job
interview you felt went really well, or your child tried out
for their dream team, but it didn't come through? The fish
got off, the buck snuck away, the job didn't develop, or your child didn't
make the team. We may feel like we did everything right and it still didn't
transpire the way we wanted. I have had many missed opportunities outdoors and
by many I mean waaay too many to count, like the needles on a pine
tree.
One opportunity that I can still picture vividly was during a recent fly fishing outing. Fly fishing is fairly new to me. A friend of mine got me hooked after he brought me to his secret fishing spot and I've sworn to keep it that way. It's a beautiful location. One bank of the stream is open and grassy, which is perfect for a beginner who is at high risk of snagging overhead branches and tangling the line around itself which I didn't think was possible until I did it several times. The other bank of the stream is a tree covered hill side casting shadows in all the right spots. During one of our first trips out I was working my way down the stream casting a Woolly Bugger (the Woolly Bugger is a fly that looks like a caterpillar with fluffy tail, yummy). While working from one pool and through some rapids to the next pool it happened; the line pulled tight and a big beautiful brown trout rocketed out of the water glistening in the sunlight creating a vision that will last in my memory forever. The trout pulled hard on the fly taking control of the situation. It blasted out of the water two more times before releasing the Woolly Bugger back to me. My heart quickly sank as the adrenaline still pumped through my veins. Standing on the bank with my head down and maybe a tear running down my check and reliving the moment in my head my friend walked up and said "nice LDR", "LDR?" I asked, "Long Distance Release" he replied. Long Distance Release sounds so much better than the one that got away.
So many times in life we think about the one that got away. What could've
we done differently? If only I practiced harder, studied more, done more
research, had better equipment, or wore a different outfit to the interview. Something
I recently learned is that it's all in God's time, not ours. He has us right where
He wants us. Tomorrow He may want us somewhere else and He'll put us there,
but it’s His plan. One has to spend time with God in order to get an understanding
of where He wants us. Sometimes we may miss the first opportunity He gives
us, but He always forgives us and gives second chances. Even though I want a
second chance at that trout, it may not be God's plan.
Proverbs 3:5-6
One opportunity that I can still picture vividly was during a recent fly fishing outing. Fly fishing is fairly new to me. A friend of mine got me hooked after he brought me to his secret fishing spot and I've sworn to keep it that way. It's a beautiful location. One bank of the stream is open and grassy, which is perfect for a beginner who is at high risk of snagging overhead branches and tangling the line around itself which I didn't think was possible until I did it several times. The other bank of the stream is a tree covered hill side casting shadows in all the right spots. During one of our first trips out I was working my way down the stream casting a Woolly Bugger (the Woolly Bugger is a fly that looks like a caterpillar with fluffy tail, yummy). While working from one pool and through some rapids to the next pool it happened; the line pulled tight and a big beautiful brown trout rocketed out of the water glistening in the sunlight creating a vision that will last in my memory forever. The trout pulled hard on the fly taking control of the situation. It blasted out of the water two more times before releasing the Woolly Bugger back to me. My heart quickly sank as the adrenaline still pumped through my veins. Standing on the bank with my head down and maybe a tear running down my check and reliving the moment in my head my friend walked up and said "nice LDR", "LDR?" I asked, "Long Distance Release" he replied. Long Distance Release sounds so much better than the one that got away.
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Proverbs 3:5-6
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