Emphasis Preaching Journal

Reaping what you sow is a metaphor that comes from the fields. A similar lesson can be gained from the ocean. In returning to fishing for swordfish after a ten-year break trapping lobsters, boat captain Linda Greenlaw, in her book Seaworthy, describes how one must fish at the right time of month, in the right temperature of water, at the right depth in order to have a successful swordfish catch.