There's a little church in the mountains west of Boise, Idaho, that recently celebrated its centennial. One part of the celebration was an enactment of the history of their church. Townspeople dressed in period costume portrayed the pastors who served their church over the years.

One of the former ministers was played by an old logger who had lived through much of the history of the church. The logger had come to faith in Christ as a result of that pastor's ministry.

He told of the efforts of the pastor to reach him—a hard-drinking, hard-living man with no interest in the gospel, a man who once said he "had never met a preacher he liked."

The minister was praying one day and complaining that he'd never win the logger to Christ, and that even if he did he wouldn't know what to do with him. The Lord's answer came to him in a way he could understand: "Don't worry about a thing. You 'catch' him, I'll 'clean' him."

It's a privilege to tell people about Christ. Salvation is "a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace" (2 Timothy 1:9).

If we just keep fishing, we'll "catch" some, and God will make the foulest clean—just as He has done for us.  —DHR  — David H. Roper