If Only My Fishing Rod Could Talk (standard:humor, 907 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Sep 06 2020	Views/Reads: 1295/928	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
My grandpa could exaggerate his fishing stories for the enjoyment of everybody listening. When it comes to real truth, the only truth that matters is Jesus Christ. Only His truth can really set us free.

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One of the things I learned from my grandfather in connection with
fishing is that you have to make the most out of everything you do. 

I remember a friend who went fishing and came back grouchy and
complained that he did not catch anything. He wasn't fun to be around, 
to be sure. All he could think about was what he did not do. 

My grandpa was quite different. 

"Did I tell you," grandpa would begin a story, "about the fish that got
away?" He never waited for a response but went directly into the story, 
and every time he told that story, the fish got just a little bit 
bigger. 

Everybody would laugh and enjoy the story almost as much as grandpa did
telling it. 

The fish that got away was more important to my grandpa than the fish he
caught and brought home. Once you bring the fish home, cook it and eat 
it, that is its end. But the fish that got away is a story that goes on 
and on. 

I never could figure out if my grandpa was lying or just exaggerating.
Being my grandfather, I gave him the benefit of the doubt and just 
reminisced about his stories. 

Thinking about my grandpa's stories, I remembered something that Jesus
said. “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” 
(John 8:32). 

My grandpa could exaggerate his fishing stories for the enjoyment of
everybody listening. When it comes to real truth, the only truth that 
matters is Jesus Christ. Only His truth can really set us free.


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