In his book In the Eye of the Storm, Max Lucado tells about something that happened to him while he was in high school. Every year, he and his family used to go fishing during spring break. But one year, his brother and his mom couldn’t go, so his dad let him invite a friend.

Max and his Dad looked forward to this vacation with great anticipation. They pictured the sun shining down on them as they sat in the boat in the middle of the lake . . . the yank of the rod and the spin of the reel as they wrestled the bass into the boat . . . the smell of fish frying in a skillet over an open fire. They could hardly wait. Finally spring break arrived. They loaded the camper and set out for the lake.

They arrived at night, set up the camper and went to bed eager to get up the next morning and go f…