For They Were Fishermen
While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. Matthew 4:18-22 (ESV) He walked along the shore, over moss covered stones and the sea's discarded vegetation. The water filling the basin before Him teemed with life. He watched fishermen casting their nets. He watched others mend the tools of their trade. He counted them all, the fish, the stones and the laborers. Through the work of His father's hand all life was created, the visible and the invisib...