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Matthew 26:33-35 NLT
Peter declared,
"Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you."

Jesus replied,
"I tell you the truth, Peter - this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me."

"No!" Peter insisted.
"Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!"
And all the other disciples vowed the same. 
Matthew 26:33-35 NLT
Why do I comnect with Peter's story so much? 
Because I'm just like him. Just like the disciples who all agreed too.
This is our passionate yet flawed humanity at its best, desperately wanting to do what's right. 
And Jesus is up front with Peter and tells him he's going to fail. 
The unsaid part is that this is why Christmas, why Jesus entered the Story, and why there's going to be betrayal, denial, death, and resurrection.
Because Love.
Because God's Outrageous Love sees all our weakness and Loves anyway. 
Unfailing Love knows our humanness and loves us in it.
Faithful Love doesn't condemn Peter, or the team, or us, but steps in, and becomes the way.
This is Christmas. 
This is Christmas - that we are seen, we are known, and we are Beloved. 
##wordsofJesus #redletterBible #Christmas #hopeishere 
#weareBeloved 
#restinthat

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