Jesus has been arrested, his closest disciples fear for their lives and the lives of their teacher. Peter, known for his honest questions and doubt is alone in the courtyard struggling to remain faithful to the One who will never turn away.
Let us pray…Lord Jesus, remember us still. In our isolation, fear, and grief we so often lash out, hurt others, deny Your love. Only by the power of your Holy Spirit will our fear be transformed to love, our anger healed by grace, our isolation broken open in mercy. Lord Jesus, remember us still. Amen.
Matthew 26:69-75
69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant-girl came to him and said, ‘You also were with Jesus the Galilean.’ 70 But he denied it before all of them, saying, ‘I do not know what you are talking about.’71 When he went out to the porch, another servant-girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, ‘This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.’ 72 Again he denied it with an oath, ‘I do not know the man.’ 73 After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, ‘Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you.’ 74 Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, ‘I do not know the man!’ At that moment the cock crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: ‘Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times.’ And he went out and wept bitterly.
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