Clearance lures
I'm a sucker for a good deal, especially when it comes to hunting and fishing. It seems you can never have too much gear. I guess its like Kendra says, you can never have too many shoes. I always have to go by the clearance aisle in a sporting goods store. Academy is a favorite and I don't mind Wally world either. I tend to pick up something that is under $2. I may read an article that mentions a certain color or lure and I'll try to find that specific one but usually I'm just looking for a good deal. If it's more than 50% off, I should get it now! Also, I've noticed I'm buying for "future" trips that aren't even planned yet.
Several weeks ago we got to fish a lake on a ranch in the Hill Country and I noticed something. There are a lot of lures I don't use. We fished for 3 days and I only used 5 different lures, the boys used 4 different lures and we caught dozens fish on all of them, swim baits, spinnerbaits, jerk baits, crankbaits… At the end of the weekend I started looking at the boxes and packages of lures that never made a splash.
Then it hit me, there are a lot concepts, ideas and principles we "collect" and never use. What about all of those Bible studies and lessons? Have I put them to use? What about the application the pastor made last Sunday…? And that conference, there were so many good ideas! Am I just a hearer? I remember reading a definition of wisdom as the application of knowledge. Lures and principles aren't quite the same. But what if we used more wisdom? How about pulling one of those time tested principles out of the book and using it today. See what you catch.