Outdoor Truths: Aiming Outdoorsmen Toward Christ June 13, 2019
Perhaps the greatest reason for most of our failures is simple neglect. In the outdoor world it may be that we neglected to check to see if our scope was accurate before we went on our hunt. Or it may be if we had not neglected to retie our spinner bait, that bass would not have broken the line. Neglect comes in many forms when it comes to hunting and fishing. Just the other day I was reminded of this truth. I had already gone through two anchors this year. Once, while river fishing, my son had lost one. He neglected to make sure it was tied securely. Just a few days later I was forced to cut my anchor cord because I was unable to get the anchor unstuck from where it had planted itself. And now, only three days later, I was back with a new cord and anchor. I thought I had tied it securely. I had even made sure to pay attention to the knot each time I retrieved it from the bottom. And even though I noticed it had not seated itself tightly enough, I thought nothing else about it. A few minutes later, as I tried to pull the anchor back in the boat, I noticed that the cord was weightless. It had become untied. I had neglected to notice it loosening before. I immediately looked to my left to try to mark just where the boat was sitting because I knew the current would take me quickly downstream. I made my way back to the bank and made plans to put on my best deep-sea diver imitation. At 9:00 a.m., after a few cold and wet dives, I retrieved it from the bottom. I didn't want my neglect to cost me anymore than it already had. gary@outdoortruths.org ~ www.outdoortruths.org
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