A CRYING DISCIPLE

Today's reading: Mark 14

"And immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Suddenly, Jesus' words flashed trough Peter's mind: Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And he broke down and cried." Mark 14:72 NLT

I understand Peter's tears.

I know the depths of sadness from which they came.

I know what it's like to let down my Lord and Savior--in what I've said, in what I've done, in what promises I've broken and in what intentions I had set and didn't follow through on.

Tears well up in my eyes when I consider the immeasurable blessings He has poured out on my life and how little I have been able to 'repay' Him with my efforts.

My very best day pales.

My grandest efforts fall short.

My most well laid plans come up shy of honoring Him as they should.

And then there are the time when my disobedience, sheer disobedience, embarrasses me to the point of tears.

But friends, He knew all this about me before He went to the cross on my behalf!

That keeps me going.