What are the ODDS??

[piemma]

Originally Posted by BassDawg

just got back from fishing the MS Challenge,,,,,,,,,,,
YEP!! it was brutal again this year and we finished 4th.
not bad for only 4 or 5 fish,,,,,,,,,,,

thanks for your well wishes and kind words~~ Raven, DZ, baller, animal, Finaddict, etal.
funny stuff piemma, Sir Crafty, and MAKAI

i would like to add one or two pieces of the puzzle that i omitted last time. Gary's diligence to rinse my gear as if it were his own, was awesome. and something that made us BOTH laugh out loud was when we were standing outside and i reached into my pocket to grab my newly recovered keys i say, "i have to see,,,,,,,,,," click-click, honk! WOW, yep the remote still works!!!

luck, you say??? i think not!,,,,,,,,luck is good. but, it is never THAT good.

Well if it wasn't luck Jess, then you must lead a good life because your karma is excellent!!!!

[HESH2]

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.

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by HESH2

super great story. good your got your gear back, amazing. but most important thing, you ended up ok.

thanks, HESH2!!

Originally Posted by JoeBass

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

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

Originally Posted by Swimmer

This should be on Oprah!

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!!

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by piemma

Well if it wasn't luck Jess, then you must lead a good life because your karma is excellent!!!!

very interesting
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,,,,,,,,,,,

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

[Bill L]

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

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Bill L

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

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

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by Bill L

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

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

Originally Posted by Raven

Well i'm sure he did....

But Bassdawg wasn't listening at that particular moment

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?