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Crumbled Under Pressure | The Denial | The Courtyard
Peter was number 1 friend of Jesus.
There had been highs and lows like any friendship,
but nothing major.
Peter had made promises that he was willing to go to prison for Jesus,
but with Jesus arrested and on trial,
Peter is identified as one of Jesus’ friends.
3 times he is asked, are you not one of them,
and 3 times Peter denies it, claiming to not know Jesus.
In the early hours of the morning, a cockerel crows
and Peter suddenly realises that he has failed Jesus,
he has denied their friendship to save his own skin.
With tears running down his face in flees, full of shame and guilt.
Peter’s story becomes one of failure,
but in which ultimately he finds forgiveness,
offering hope to all of us who find we lack courage when it really matters.
Unwrap this Easter Icon: Read Mark 14:66-72
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