“I’m going fishing,” said Peter. The other disciples responded, “We’ll go with you.” (John 21:3)

In my sanctified imagination, I picture Peter and the boys sitting around waiting for … who knows what next? Waiting is hard to do, especially for a fellow like Peter who consistently proves a “man of action”. So, when one doesn’t know what to do, one defaults to what one knows best. In Peter’s case, back to fishing! There was little discussion about the advisability of this action. The disciples appear not to have had a prolonged conversation about how this decision fit into the context of recent events, with their Lord Jesus being crucified and then on two separate occasions having displayed that he was (and is) raised from the dead and very much alive. This fishing trip was impulse … spur of the moment “muscle memory”.