Kerrfunk

I received these pictures in an email a few weeks ago. I checked the story out at www.snopes.com and found out it's true. You can read the newspaper article at that link, but the short part of the story is this guy saw a huge catfish with a basketball stuck in its mouth, and he rescued the fish by deflating the ball. Here's the pictures small:



This is the gospel story. I even wrote a sermon using it as an illustration how we are catfish, attracted by the things of the world, stuck in sin which exhausts us and promises to kill us, unable to either free ourselves or even feed ourselves to gain strength for the struggle.

Like that catfish, we have a savior who is not only able to set us free, but wants to set us free, wants to see us live lives abundant and full, the way God intends for us, and rejoices when we are free.

Bill took that ball and removed it from the fish, and I imagine both parties want the fish never to be in that situation again.

God takes our sins and removes them to the bottom of the ocean.

We should let 'em stay there.