From man of doubt to apostle of faith
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"When the Savior sought a man of faith, He did not select him from the throng of self-righteous who were found regularly in the synagogue. Rather, He called him from among the fishermen of Capernaum," said Elder Thomas S. Monson, then of the Quorum of the Twelve, at the April 1973 general conference.
"While teaching on the seashore, He saw two ships standing by the lake. He entered one and asked its owner to put it out a little from the land so He might not be pressed upon by the crowd. After teaching further, He said to Simon, 'Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets.'
"Simon answered: 'Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken
nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. And when they
had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes
"Came the reply: 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.' (Matt.
4:19.) Simon the fisherman had received his call. Doubting, disbelieving,
unschooled, untrained, impetuous Simon did not find the way of the Lord a
highway of ease nor a path free from pain. He was to hear the rebuke: 'O
thou of little faith' (Matt. 14:31), and likewise the denunciation, 'Get
thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me.' (Matt. 16:23.) Yet,
when the Master asked him, '
"Simon, man of doubt, had become Peter, apostle of faith
