I love the story of Jesus and Peter
Back at the lake
Besties who have had a falling out
Putting the relationship back together again, again
Peter, do you love me?!
You know I do?
Then tend my sheep, feed my sheep
Do you love me? Then
A trifecta of love and commitment
But that is not the end of the story.
Follow me
Jesus said
Follow me into the way of costly love
Follow me into this messy, ugly world
With it emperors and emperor-wannabes
With its inequity and injustice
Its fear and hate
And there
Tend my sheep, feed my lambs.
It will cost you everything.
Even your life
Peter did not say “yes.”
He said, “Look over there.”
“What about him?”
How often, Lord, do we want to
Pass the pain along.
Pass the cost along.
We don’t want to share the wealth
So we cut funding for the poor
And deport the immigrants
We don’t want to be uncomfortable.
So we demonize people who are trans.
Peter eventually lived “yes.”
He did follow
He did let go of things dear to him
He did give up his life
But it wasn’t easy
And it is not easy for us either.
So, help us, Lord
May our “yes” be “yes.”
May we worry most about the person in the mirror
May we be able to live into costly love
For we love you
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