Colossians 1:9-14 / Luke 5:1-11
To be in the deep end has a few meanings.
To be thrown into the deep end is to prompt or force one to begin doing something very complex and/or unfamiliar, especially suddenly and without guidance, assistance, or preparation.
But positively speaking, if you throw someone in at the deep end, you make them learn how to do a job or task by starting with the most difficult parts.
Or if you jump in at the deep end, it means that you choose to do this yourself. Sometimes you learn more by jumping in at the deep end.
In the gospel, Jesus told Peter to "put out into deep water and pay out the nets for a catch."
Peter knew what the deep water was, but he had worked hard all night and caught nothing.
Nonetheless, he did as Jesus told him to and with that, a miraculous catch of fish.
For us, the deep end is often shrouded with darkness and fear. It is at the deep end that we feel insecure because of uncertainty and unfamiliarity, and we would avoid the deep end.
But should we find ourselves in the deep end, then the 1st reading has this to tell us:
God has taken us out of the power of darkness and created a place for us in the kingdom of the Son that He loves, and in Him, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.
We will learn something when we are at the deep end. Because Jesus is there at the deep end. And He will show us miracles if we just listen to Him, as Peter did.