This morning we spent 4 hours on a fishing boat. We each had a rod and unlimited bait. We stood side by side, no one had any advantage over another. And we even had a prize of $20 to the family member who caught the biggest fish.
Yet, Toby spent over half his time NOT fishing. Not bothered to sit or stand with his rod. He was fine until about 3.5 hours in when he started crying bc he hadn't caught anything!! I refused to "catch something " for him since I hadn't caught anything myself.
About 15 minutes before we returned to shore he put bait on his hook and dropped a line. I prayed he would catch something even though he didn't deserve to! Scott prayed with Toby to catch something.
Then the captain gave us a 2 minute warning, "fish hard, fish fast".
Shortly after, Scott heard "bring up your line". So he did. Then the captain told everyone to bring up their lines for the last time, at the same time as Toby pulled in his line saying "I got something!!" And there it was, a little Flounder!
It wasn't big enough to win the competition, however, I am hoping he saw that God hears our prayers, shows incredible mercy when we don't deserve it, and comes through when you think time is up. That is worth far more!!.
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