Fishing and keeping
The kids and I fish a lot, just ask Kendra. The conversation usually goes like this as soon as we catch a fish, "can we keep it?" I end up trying to explain that the fish isn't big enough, we don't have time to clean all of the fish or we don't have enough period. I don't want to have to clean up the resulting mess is one excuse I keep to myself.
I was thinking how that question always comes up. I think I know at least one reason. The purpose of the fisherman is to catch fish and the fish is the result of the "work." It is proof I went fishing, a daily trophy. It sounds better to say, "hey mom, look I caught a fish!" Not the hollow sounding, "we caught some but we let them go."
The purpose or result of living the Christian life is to glorify God. It's to love Him and then your neighbor. Each day, what do we have to "show off" and magnify? How can we do that more? If someone spent the day with me, would they know who I am? Where's the proof?