The world still thinks we're out of step with the times. I feel we can improve in when it comes to reaching the people around us. First you study the kind of fish you want to catch, figure out it's favorite thing to eat, and get bait that's hard to resist. Then you put floaters or sinkers on your line depending on what level it feeds at. Then you have to reel your fish in very carefully.
Big fish can take hours to reel in.
Then when you're within reach of your fish, you might scoop him into a net to be sure he doesn't wiggle off the line. Even a caught fish can flop its way back into the water if you're not careful. We forget the process. We want a clean tidy church, clean tidy disciples, and clean tidy friends. If Christians would have treated me this way, I don't know if I ever would have gotten saved.