Salmon are anadromous: they are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce, and die. Folklore has it that the fish return to the exact spot where they were born to spawn, tracking studies have shown this to be true but the nature of how this memory works has long been debated.
Chinook and sockeye salmon from central Idaho travel over 1400 km and climb nearly 2100 m from the Pacific ocean as they return to spawn.
Not many people are born to die. There are a lot of things that we would like to achieve in life. Wealth. Fame. Longevity.
Yet Christ set an example for us, and said that unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces a lot of grain.
If a salmon, guided by the hand of God, is willing to undergo such long, hard process to give birth to their next generation, what is stopping me from carrying out God's will so that many more may experience His gift of new life?
I long to take the road less travelled, seing things from God's perspective rather than from my own. Yet if I'm not willing to make greater sacrifice, will it be possible?
If I haven't died to myself how can I experience the power of resurrection?
-just some random thoughts after listening to todays easter sermon-
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