{"id":10647,"date":"2015-05-04T10:13:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T17:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=10647"},"modified":"2015-05-05T08:01:55","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T15:01:55","slug":"nets-on-the-other-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2015\/05\/04\/nets-on-the-other-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets on the Other Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sketchbook-John-21\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the page. The drawing has nothing to do with the text. In this sketchbook, there’s generally been a meditation on the left, a drawing on the right. Click for larger view. (For a look at the painting that came from this sketch, go here<\/a>.)<\/h6>\n

I’m in Anchorage. We stretched, hung and unveiled a giant painting. I’ll share more on that next blog. For now I want to share something from a page in the sketchbook jotted back in January. We were in Oregon. I’d been in reading the passage at the end of John, about an event after the death and resurrection of Jesus. Peter and six others had been out fishing, by dawn still without result. Then a man appeared on the shore.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I wrote:<\/p>\n

They didn’t recognize it was Jesus–<\/em><\/span>
\n Wasn’t he dead?<\/em><\/span>
\n How often do I also not recognize him?<\/em><\/span>
\n Beckoning my attention while I’m working\/busy?<\/em><\/span>
\n And don’t ask how it’s going, thank you,<\/em><\/span>
\n When it’s not going very well.<\/em><\/span>
\n And don’t be giving advice–<\/em><\/span>
\n I know how to do this . . . and I’ve already tried everything.<\/em><\/span>
\n Or when you do, don’t be giving such idiotic advice<\/em><\/span>
\n Like ‘Put your nets down on the other side.’<\/em><\/span>
\n Fish aren’t like that, and how do you know?<\/em><\/span>
\n I’m here, you’re there.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Besides, why do you care?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

How does one know when they’re getting a word from God?
\nThe fishermen didn’t know it was Jesus until they did what he said. They experienced the result and their eyes were opened. I was sensing the same sensation that morning.<\/p>\n

I continued writing:<\/p>\n

For years–since the beginning–I’ve been fishing<\/span><\/em>
\n With questionable success. All night.<\/span><\/em>
\n I did not want to be a “Christian Artist.”<\/span><\/em>
\n A Christian, yes, and an artist, but nothing more.<\/span><\/em>
\n I felt I needed to earn my credential in the secular school<\/span><\/em>
\n Then offer also my skills to the Body.<\/span><\/em>
\n But now, is this for me? Is that him just beyond,<\/span><\/em>
\n Saying, ‘Cast your net on the other side’?<\/span><\/em>
\n “Okay, if you say . . . and this time, no ‘Buts’<\/span><\/em>
\n And let the net fill to overflow.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

That was just over three months ago and my nets have been nearly breaking ever since. I’ve been amazed at the work that has come my way, and almost all on the God side. Some has been for pay (even abundant) some not at all, but they’re all been worthy projects–and highly creative–with more on the horizon.<\/p>\n

In the end, Peter recognized it was indeed the Lord and jumped in the water. After breakfast they talked. Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved him, always following with, “Feed my sheep.”<\/p>\n

I’m wondering if I’m hearing the same word.<\/p>\n

As with the nets, I’ll watch for the proof in the doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes there’s a significant word being spoken . . . and the only way to know its source is to obey it. Then you know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10647"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10667,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10647\/revisions\/10667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}