The third time he said to him,
"Simon son of John, do you love me?"
Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?"
He said, "Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you."
Jesus said, "Feed my sheep."
John 21:17 NIV
Pete, I know you stuffed up. Let me down. Let yourself down.
Three times you were asked, and three times you denied knowing me.
But its OK.
No matter how big your stuff up has been, my grace is bigger.
No matter how you feel about it, my love absorbs it all...
And now I've got things for you to do... things that mean you'll be working with people.
People who make mistakes, who let themselves and others down.
People who stuff up.
So just as you've received grace, give it, as you've been loved...love people.
#grace
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he looks at p
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