Sweet Jesus -

I think I know what you had in mind when you said -

"I will send you out to fish for people."

I think you meant find all kinds of people -

  +the rich and the poor,

  +the littlest and the lost,

  +the strangers among us, whoever they are,

  +Moms and Dads, Grandmas and Grandpas, and children, 

  +the young (5 year olds) and the elders,

  +the discouraged and the enthusiastic,

  +the hungry and those who are well fed,

  +those in warm houses and those on cold (freezing) streets,

and gather them into the community/congregation/family of your grace

and wrap them securely in your loving arms

and shelter them under your holy wings. 

I don't think that is what we are doing today. 

 

And I love this picture by Peter Koenig -