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You really failed rne

tonight!
?ou a r e the s t u b b o m e s t piece o f boat*"
ever tried to fish w i t h ! J e s u s help u s ! Vau^
' w o n ' t c a s t in t h e d i r e c t i o n I. c o s t y o u , you wrarft
r
t r y to lure trie f i s h I h n a f t e r !
My God^ w h e n you are o u t ir\ t h e w a t e r a n d t h e r e
is a f l S h , you a r e o u t t h e r e a n d y o u h a v e t c v ^
d o -the i o b ! X can't d o t h e j o b f o r y o u !
*=^^ Vou're t h e o n e w h o is
" s u p p o s e d to a t t r a c t t h e m
s
a n d lure t h e m a n d g e t /
t h e m to bite,
Vou're
t h e bait'
I Which s h o w e d t h e
m o s t love ? That y o u '
"obey rne or you d o n 4 "
obey me ? B e c a u s e o f
s o m e s t u p i d idea a b o u t
your w a n t i n g to be loyal V
the tf i ss hheerrrm
you d o n ' + i
toD ttie
n a n , yc
w a n t t o give h i m t h e
tine and t h e h o o k !

T h a t s w h a t every
f i s h e r m a n h o s to to Ice a c h a n c e
o n , losing t h e b o i t j B u t I t h i n k
'you need to go after t h e ones
t h a t a r e t h e m o s t lonely a n d t h e
m o s t n e e d y . Xf y o u aire b d i t ,
t h e y h a v e got- -to -try a n d

s w a l l o w you

Vou try to u s e
as little bait as
possible! Thats no way to^
c a t c h men J The b o i f
conceals the h o o k !
You're a f r a i d t o
u s e y o u r s e l f os b a i t
b e c a u s e you ore a t t a c h e d t o ^
the f i s h e r m a n o n t h e line a n d \
they m i g h t g e t h o o k e d ! T h a t s
\
w h a t i f s all a b o u t
to g e t h i m I
h o o k e d ! How is he g o i n g to g e t
/
h o o k e d if you are n o t w i l l i n g to /
g e t s w a l l o w e d a n d carry t h e /
h o o k t o h i m a n d obey t h e
f i s h e r m a n ! How v

only I

h a v e to b e t h e r e t o
p r o t e c t you a n d k e e p
, y o u and
remove
S S ^ ^ J f ^ / j ^ y o u . A r t h u r v/ve k n o w
WJZr fl,. jjj^kx
S o d is a f t e r a n c l
.W.f/2tiii ilh \ X rn a n g l i n g f o r
Inim, b u t y o u
w o n ' t e v e n Swim,
I'n h i s d i r e c t i o n !

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The bait is out t h e r e to

entice the fish .' You're to go
out there onq Ifnq, procuring,
p o n d e r i n g , whatever you like to
" coll it, for fish! Lord help US
catch me.r\ I Now next time I
, t h r o w you i n , you qo down
a n d c a t c h .same, ri'sh !
I love you s w e e t h e a r t ! B e
g o o d bo.it -for J e s u s ! I ' d (ike*
you fc w e a r your little f i n s .
" Follow Me. C J e s u s s a i d )
o n d I will moke you -fishers
of m e n . " C Mat 4-! iq.)

Sta'

(Arthur's s t o r y : ) ;
They were fascinating I
I really liked them.They
were at the some t i m e
Open, frank, truthful a n d
Secret, d^ep and not -forth
coming. These two had
really made, a work
in my life. They were
different in many
ways from the other
people, and I had so
tery' happy dances with dearMaria and a n intwrestinq
chat with David a n d I
was determined to find
out more ! I w a s
hooked on t h e m . Every!
facet a f my n a t u r e w a s \
touched on expertly ancT
in a nice innocent way by

Pavid.

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'

I invited them to d i n n e r . . . I was s o

escited ! 1 couldn't exjaloAn 'tt. But that is n?W(
it was f o r m e . I w a s frrtroduced t o o really
pretty gi'rl n a m e d Becky. 3 h e h a d t h a t s a m e
w a r m * in h e r eyes a n d exuded love wrth
j u s t a look a n d a h a n d s h a k e .
Pavid asked me a b o u t my beliefs, b u t
religion and a belief' in Sod were something
I could not quite handle. I needed to see
somethinq in the physical before I could believ
C3>

>V.

Anyway, Q week later we

w e n t o u t a g a i n , . . . well it
s e e m e d that David could
not come with u s , .so I
h a d d e a r Maria a l l to
m y s e l f ! Whew ! We
t a l k e d a n d f a Iked
a n d loved a n d loved
Whaf a d r e a m !
How p u r e she w a s !
Whot a night!
How close l f e l t to
d e a n Povid J She
w a s an a n g e l ! A n d
t h e n only fvvo days
later she went away ^ ^ 3 ^
w i t h David, b u t f o r
the. life o f m e I could
n o t f i n d out w h e r e J
Deep d o w n I w a s v&ry
h u r t , I missed h e r a l o t
I h a d never known a
love liKe t h a t ! Her l a s t
words to m e w e r e , " We love y o u
" D o n ' t f o r g e t t o p h o n e Becky
s h e ' l l take cane erf y o u ! " I w a s n ' t
i n t e r e s t e d , even t h o u g r i I really
fancied her w h e n I f i r s f m e t her.
I h a d no a d d r e s s to w r i t e to a p a r t
f r o m B e c k y ' s , > I decided n o t t o
b o t h e i r was So d a m n s e l f i s h !

Davids w o r d s were like 30ft

:S;S:;:: cajolina,toasinq, informative,
:;; instructive observations about me life
.....and God, and I really wanted to know
more. He continued a b o u t Grod and
h o t God was to h i m ; t h e n he -Said
t o m e the w o r d s which were the
stQrt of my chanaed life - .
God is a S p i r i t ! "
The key h a d t u r n e d : God is
CP O. Spirif 1 He is not physical
. o r touchable, but His
-,'- presence, is here with us!
No wonder these two had
i n n e r paace. and outward
c a l m and love! Without
k n o w i n g , i had been
witnessed to about Crods
love!
At the. dance ho.ll, dear
David was so happy to
See Maria and X enjoyinq
o u r s e l v e s . She could
m a k e lave wVHn her eyes
- a n d looking back, So could
p a v i d j How I w a n t e d to take her
t o b e d ! She was +he m o s t i m p o r t a n t
rsor, in my life r i g h t t h e n , b u t . . . s h e was
married !