super great story,go out and get that lotto ticket.good your got your gear back amazing,but most important thing you ended up ok.

Wow! Sometimes things DO go right! Good for You! Great story.

This should be on Oprah!

very interesting :grins: :grins: :grins:
as a point of clarification~~~although i believe and attend church
and tithe and share the Gospel and am one who prays often~~~
this story is not about me, nor whether or not i lead that good of a Life.
it is more ABOUT Who i believe in, God, and my relationship with Him.

while "karma/mojo/do unto others" is a true and amazing
principle of the universe~~~when you cling to the old rugged Cross,

heavy as it may be; He lessens thy burdens, He lifts you UP, and He is
ever Faithful,,,,,,,,,,,,seperate from me and my shortcomings and based NOT on what i do, but absolutely because of what He DID and my connection to Him by Father/Creator, Son/Word, and Spirit/Prayer.

not meaning to preach, gents, just would like to make a CLEAR distinction between luck, karma, and being held in the Almighty and Everlasting Hands of God! which for me and my Life is bigger, more original, and far more intimate than karma or luck,,,,,,,,,,,:bl: :bl: :bl:

~~Scotty~~ i'd be happy to share a BIG take like that!!
don't play the Lottery, the horses, or the "cards" :wall: :wall: :wall:

How come God didn't just tell you to get off the rock before the wave came and save all the trouble? :huh:

Well i'm sure he did....

But Bassdawg wasn't listening at that particular moment

the odds

easily 100000 to one
you should go to twin rivers casino man :drool:

seriously, i only felt "troubled" for the first 90 mins,,,,,,,,,,,,,
then, i sort of "let go, and let God" do HIS thing.
and by Faith, did He Supremely deliver!??!

didjya ever hear the one about a Tree,
a hottie named Eve, and some Forbidden Fruit :huh: :bl: :bl: :huh:

THAT, right there, God giving us our Free Will even after He is with us and we are in Him,
THAT is what amazes me the most!!! when we FALL short, don't always listen, ignore Him completely, and when we get stuck in the miry clay of our prodigal digression ~He is the first One to meet us THERE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,whenever, wherever, however far from or close to Him we may be!!! because, as humans, He knows we ain't always going to make the right CHOICE! and He still LOVES us beyond what we could ever comprehend,,,,,,,,,,,,

He affords us the priveleges of Grace; which are ~~Election, Salvation, Forgiveness, Justification, Reconcilliation, Righteousness, Sanctification, and the luxuries of Time and Free Will; simply ~~the will to choose Him or Hell, to choose blessing over cursing, to choose Forgiveness vs Vengeance as a daily, and hopefully closer, walk with HE,,,,,,,,once we believe AND the Time to come to that place of Believing. AMAZING, GRACE IS!!!


besides,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,hasn't He ALWAYS had a special purpose and place in His Heart for Fishermen?
:fishin: :love: :love: :fishin:

:agree: thanks, HESH2!! :agree:


!!PRECISELY!! and the sole reason i had to share it!! and, thanks.


funny stuff, doood! an article in "O, the Magazine", really???

i'd only go iffin i could share the couch with Gary and Raquel, Chase and Cal, some shots of the wheres and whens, and of course ~~God!! and certainly NOT some watered down, Universalist, Relativism
tv-production-version thereof!!
:smash: :wall: :wall: :wall: :smash:

Great read BassDawg, glad you got your great back.