.CHAPTER 5.

Matthew 4:18-19;

"And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishermen. And he said unto them, 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men'... "

Knees on hard wood began to ache from kneeling too long but the owner didn't stand. Didn't try to soothe the pain. He pretended to like it. Pretended to ignore it.

Jesus hadn't liked it either but he'd gone through it. For the world. For sin. A man knew sin well. A man knew he had been deep in it. Before he found Jesus. Before Jesus found him.

The old brown bible stained with coffee lay next the man. The rough tired edges brushing his knees.

His head was bent, the small vertebrates adorning the spinal cord at his neck sticking out, held at bay by skin. He was bald. Deep holed injuries were al