Sunday, August 08, 2004

Breakfast on the beach

One of my favorite Bible stories is in John 21:1-14 about Jesus cooking breakfast for the disciples. I have imagined myself sitting around the campfire on the beach in the cool, early morning watching this risen Son of God turning the fish slowly on the fire. Here is the man I thought was gone, along with all my dreams... .He sits breaking the bread, readying the wine and offering a feast to us feeble followers.------I have to remind myself on those days when the sunrise brings trouble, worries, and doubts that Jesus still waits on the beach calling," Come have breakfast,"--- the coals are glowing, the fish is cooking and the feast is prepared.

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