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Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.
Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
Curtis then asks, “What's it tell you, Mike?"
Mike is silent for a moment, then says, "Curtis, you idiot. Someone stole our tent." The following year, Mike and Curtis go on another fly fishing and camping trip. They pack a cooler with sandwiches and beer… lots of beer. After five hours of hiking, and dragging that cooler, they arrive at a great spot. It’s a nice level campsite next to a pristine trout stream. As they began to set up camp, they realize they’ve forgotten a bottle opener. Curtis turns to Mike and says, "You’ve gotta go back and get the opener or else we have no beer."
"No way," says Mike. "By the time I get back, you will have eaten all the food." (Remember… these are two pretty big ol’ boys)
"I promise I won’t," says Curtis. "Just hurry!" So Mike leaves. Curtis keeps his word.
Three full days pass and there’s still no sign of Mike. Exasperated and starving, Curtis finally digs into the sandwiches. Suddenly, Mike pops out from behind a rock and yells, "I knew it! That settles it… I’m not going!" Two years ago, Mike and Curtis decided that they wanted to fly fish the Alaskan wilderness again this year. They got a pilot to fly them into the far north to one of the best Alaskan trout streams.
They were quite successful in their venture and kept a huge amount of fish. The pilot came back, as arranged, to pick them up. They started loading their gear into the plane, including the many large bags of fish. But the pilot objected and said, "My plane can only handle a certain amount of weight. You two are pretty big ol’ boys… so with all of your gear and all that fish… I'm afraid the plane can’t handle it." He then said "You can only load two bags of fish... you will have to leave the rest behind for the bears." Mike and Curtis both argued with the pilot. Mike said, "the year before we kept this many fish and the pilot allowed us to put them all on board." "Yea… and the plane was the same model and capacity as this one" said Curtis.
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