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Casting Nets

Yesterday, I went to prawn fishing at Bottletree Park. It is quite an experience. I fished up a prawn and the prawn went up on the tree because I yanked it too high and up on the tree it is. Ha ha.. such a dramatic scene that I have made yesterday. At the same time, when we are fishing, ( Gillian, Gant, Sarah, Sam and I ), I thought of what Eujean has said.

"Yah Lan told me that Jesus said that we are casting nets to fish men and not using a fishing rod."

Indeed, using a fishing rod is a one by one action. In fact, it is just a simple process of addition.
But when we cast nets, it is by multiplication.

I checked on the Internet especially Wikipedia about casting nets.

Contemporary cast nets have a radius which ranges from 4 to 12 feet (1.2 to 3.6 metres). Only strong people can manually lift the larger nets once they are filled with fish. The standard size for recreational fishing is four feet. Weights are usually distributed around the edge at about one pound per foot (1.5 kilograms per metre). Attached to the net is a landline, which is a line held by hand when the net is thrown. A retrieval clamp, sometimes called a thimble, closes the net when it is full. The net is retrieved by pulling on the landline. The retrieval clamp works like a wringer on a mop, and closes the net. The net is lifted into a bucket and the clamp is released, dumping the caught fish into the bucket.
Cast nets work best in water no deeper than their radius. Casting is best done in waters free of obstructions. Reeds cause tangles and branches can rip nets. The caster stands holding the net over one arm, with the weights dangling, and with the other hand holding the landline. The line is then thrown out over the water, using both hands, in a circular motion rather as in hammer throwing. The net can be cast from the shore, or by wading, or from a boat.
There are also optional net throwers that can make casting easier. These look like a trash can lid with a handle on top. They have a deep groove around the outside edge. The thrower is loaded with the net around the edges and weights inside the gulley. The net is then tossed into the water using the thrower.

"Only strong people can manually lift the larger nets once they are filled with fish."
- We ourselves have to be "strong" in the inside.

Does that mean that we got to be strong first, then ask our friends?
No, that is not the idea. If it is, then no one can first take the first step. But when we are weak, He makes us strong too. It just means that we must always constantly depend on Him. Praying and fasting is important, at least that is what I see.

"Casting is best done in waters free of obstructions. Reeds cause tangles and branches can rip nets."
- Obstructions from the Devil WILL definitely come. That is why when we ask our friends, our loved ones, it just seem so difficult. Because casting nets must be in waters free of obstructions.

So how do we get the obstructions off?
Definitely, intercession IS important le. Without that, tangles and ripping and conflicts arise.

"The line is then thrown out over the water, using both hands, in a circular motion rather as in hammer throwing."
- Both hands are needed. Because it takes all our effort to love our friends and our family. Circular motion is a "whole" concept. We accept the whole of people and not hammer at the weaknesses of people.

Maybe it seems weird to some people who are reading this post. But this is just a revelation of what I got from prawn fishing yesterday. Thank you, Gillian for inviting me.

And to Janis who read the post before this, thank you for your encouragement. I am better le. :)