Friends of a young mother, who had just given birth to her third child, were surprised when they received the following 'Thank you' note: "Many thanks for the play pen. It is being used every day. From 2-3 p.m. I get in to read and the children can't get near me."
What do you do when you're frustrated, when the stress gets to you or just the hecticness and angst of life catches up to you? We all fall back on something. Some people bake or cook, some people do crafts, some people yell and scream, some folks watch movies, some people eat. What do you do? The Apostle Peter went fishing.
The passage for today takes places after the resurrection.
John 21:1-19 (NRSV)
[1] After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way.
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