Mending The Net

We had an inspiring discussion on evangelization and one of our leaders shared his reflection. It goes...

If we are fishers of men, then there are three things that we ought to do:
We Cast the net. We throw our net into the "sea" and invite people to know God.
We Pull the Net.  When people respond to the invitation, we pull them into the community and engage them in a deeper formation and the practice of Christian lifestyle.
We Mend the Net. Mending our nets mean that along the way we have to adjust and see that relationships are restored, our systems improved, and our evaluations get carried.  When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break (Luke 5:6). This is what we often forget. If we don't mend the net, the "fish" will get away.  This is when a fall out of membership happens.  We reflect on our batchmates who joined community with us, and we realize that there are only a number of us who continued.  As aggressive we are to cast our nets, so must we mend it.

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