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We talked about Peter this morning.
He was sort of the de facto leader of Jesus’ inner circle.
His story is encouraging for me…

a fisherman who will try almost anything, Peter left his job to follow Jesus. There were no obvious guarantees that would pan out, so that was probably a pretty big decision. Then he was always the one who would answer questions and found the nerve to walk on water. All in all I get the feeling he was a cool guy.

but his story really gets interesting toward the end of the Gospel story. Just after Jesus is arrested and taken to a trial, Peter is recorded as denying to a girl first and then a crowd that he even knew Jesus. He was either embarrassed of Jesus’ arrest, or afraid they would arrest him too or both. The guy who would try anything totally let Jesus down.

but the same thing that makes the story interesting is the thing that makes it encouraging because just after the resurrection Peter has the courage to preach. Not just a nice little sermon, he stand in front of thousands of Jewish believers at the temple in Jerusalem and announces to them that they killed the savior of the world. Wow. from afraid/embarrassed  in front of one girl to indicting a whole crowd of thousands.

I read that has the change the resurrection of Jesus can work in somebody.
Today, it’s encouraging to know the resurrection might work that sort of change in me.