"Woman, I do not know him," Luke 22:57.
That's what Peter was saying in the courtyard outside to accusers that he followed Jesus. Meanwhile, inside the high priest's court, men mocked and slapped around a blindfolded Jesus. Was it just an hour ago that Peter swung sword in hand for Jesus? Was it just the evening before that Peter averred he'd die for Jesus? Indeed. We'd die for a noble cause far more easily than for a fool's errand, wouldn't we? Than for an object of men's ridicule. We get it. So now he cursed: Never knew him. Jesus, one from whom men hide their eyes. The cost to Jesus for our ransom.
We meet humbly with a brother or sister today in covenant to live true. And together we give thanks for God's forgiveness and new start in the one who paid our full price.
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