14 Jun, 2011
Luck Be A Lobster?
Blair Doucette, a 35 year veteran fisherman, was exstatic when he discovered he'd trapped the catch of a lifetime. Off the coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, Doucette and his brothers pulled in a rare blue lobster, a result of a mutated gene. While most lobsters are a greenish/brown color, statistically, the blue lobster is only found once in four million lobsters. Furthermore, blue lobsters typically do not live as long as others due to the fact that they are not able to hide easily from their prey.
While Doucette hopes the lobster find has brought him some good luck, the lobster himself, "Fluffy," as named by the fishermen, might as well have won the lottery. While other trapped lobsters become a tasty meal in a fancy restaurant, Fluffy will be living it up in style at the Rustico Harbour Fishing Museum, on view for all to see.
(Story courtesy of Yahoo! News, picture courtesy of Google Images)
Proverbs 8:35
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.What does today's God's Story scripture teach us about finding life in Christ?
Like the lobster who's life was ironically saved when he was caputured by Doucette, so are we saved from an inevitable death when Christ captures our hearts. It is only in Christ that we find life and experience the incredible blessings He has for us. God wants us to seek Him and find him, because life can only be found in Him (John 14:6). And, in the end, we are promised way more than a silly aquarium with awestruck on-lookers gawking and poking at us!
How can I connect today's story and God's Story scripture to my life?
What are you doing today to actively listen to God? Are you doing as scripture says and watching for and waiting on Him? If you've already found Christ and chosen to follow Him, your job is not over . . . it is only beginning! Do not let your relationship with your Lord and Savior grow cold because you have become an inactive participant - continue to seek Jesus, strive to hear from Him and watch expectantly.
If you have yet to make a decision to embrace Christ and what he did, for you, on the cross, scripture says that you are harming yourself and choosing death. Spend some time seeking God today - ask him to meet you where you are, to reveal Himself to you. I pray that you would surrender your heart and life to Him; I pray that you would choose Life.
How can I connect today's story, God's Story scripture, and my story to others?
Share today's story with your friends and talk about how drastically and quickly the fate of the lobster changed. Use it as an opportunity to share about you, your story, and how your fate (hell) was changed all because you found God, through Christ.
Pray for your friends, by name, who are currently living without Christ. Pray that God would open their eyes to see Him and to find Him. May you be used, in the process, to bring every person you meet one step closer to His face.
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