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Tuesday 23rd February

Calling – Simon Peter (Luke 5:1-11)
It was always a calling for me,
Not just a business.
I loved the secret knowledge,
Every pattern of the water,
The ripples only we would spot
Signaling a catch,
Meaning celebration with the men,
And relief for the wives.
Then one day,
A futile night behind us
With nothing to show
For all our exhaustion,
A rabbi came.
Well, he could use my boat to teach,
It was no use to me in daytime
When the fish would see
The shadow of the nets.
I carried on my cleaning,
His words drifting over
My distracted thoughts.
You have to respect a rabbi
But asking me
To let down the nets in daytime,
With them just washed at that?
So, smiling inside at his foolishness,
I let them down,
And, defying all I knew,
A shimmering, wonderful catch
For all of us to share.
And for me that day,
A brand-new start,
A glorious adventure
Which I could never
Have imagined.
By Jeannie Kendall