This is at Tabgah, meaning 'seven springs'. I am sitting by one of the natural springs which makes this area the best place for fishing in Galilee. The water is cool in the summer and warm in the winter, so fish congregate here. Thus it is assumed that this is where the soon-to-be Apostles were fishing when the Lord called them to leave their former lives behind and follow Him. I tried to capture that call with this poem.
To fisherman on Galilee
The Savior of mankind did speak.
He called to them “Come follow me
And see what you with me can be.
Cast your nets and boats aside
And on this path with me abide.
You much first come and learn of me
Then follow all that you have seen.
The cost is high, the journey far
To make you more than now you are.
But someday you will be complete
As you kneel worthy at my feet.”
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