Sea Roaches!

Who knew they existed?  Certainly not I!!!  As we were walking along the beach the other day, we saw a man who was doing something we had never seen before.  We walked over to him and asked what he was doing.  He had two sardines staked out like this:

The waves would come up and wash over the fish and then he would dig in the sand under the fish and pull out these little white bugs...sea roaches!  He showed us how he caught them.  He used the fish as bait.  When the water receded from the fish, you could actually see the fish moving!  It was dead but it was moving because the sea roaches were just below the fish, eating it!  He would reach under the fish and pull up a handful.

They did look a lot like roaches.  We asked him what he used them for.  He said that he uses them for bait.  It's interesting that he had to use a fish as bait to get more bait to get fish!

Even though I am not a fan of fish or sea roaches, I have to admit that there is a lesson in his process. As a fisherman, he takes something that he values and uses it to bring him something that will allow him to get more of what he values.

This is a parallel to the way the Lord works with us, the weak things of the earth. We are not much like him, far from perfect, and not always even wanting to serve him, but He works with us as we are, bringing us in and using us in whatever ways He can to further his work, to spread his gospel and bring people to him.

We may even look like sea roaches to him, but we are so grateful he loves us just the way we are.

And we love YOU!