Another Fish Story

While cleaning fish by the river we were greeted by a friendly Cordova Park Ranger. His job is to check to see if we are complying with the law. You know Law has a very important part in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Law shows us that we are all sinners. The Ranger wanted to see our fishing license and also he was interested in how many fish we had caught. He took down our names and wrote down the number of our catch in his little book. If we met up with him later he would have a record of our days earlier activity. You see your only allowed 3 silvers per day in the fresh water. We had not hit our limit, so we would no doubt be doing some more fishing later.

Our conversation became interesting as the Ranger said "For some reason people lie to me." What a great opportunity for witnessing the gospel. I had prayed earlier in the day for an opportunity to be a witness. Here was a God ordained opportunity. So I said, "I can tell you why people lie. People lie because we are all sinners." The Bible says all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. I was able to share with the ranger that God's answer for lying was Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ died for sinners so that we might be saved from our sin. The ranger was willing to accept a gospel tract and said he would read it. Later that day when we met up with our new friend he told us where we might find some more good fishing. Some day perhaps I will meet him in heaven. I hope he will think about the only answer for lawbreakers and sinners and recieve Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.