Peter disowns Jesus

69Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. "You also were with Jesus of Galilee," she said.
70But he denied it before them all. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said.
71Then he went out to the gateway, where another girl saw him and said to the people there, "This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth."
72He denied it again, with an oath: "I don't know the man!"
73After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away."
74Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!"
Immediately a rooster crowed.

75Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly. ( The Message)

When I read the bible, I see Peter a little bit different from the other disciples. He was the one who walked on water, the one that knew Jesus was the Son of God ...but here he denied his Master, not because he didn't love Him, he was afraid of what could happened. I can't imagine how much pain and guilty he felt .

But it doesn't end in guilty, in John, when Jesus appeard to his disciples, he looked for Peter, and restated him asking 3 times: Simon son of John, do you truly love me? This is the most important part, the restoration.

Even when we fail with God, he doesn't leave us....

I will be leaving for mission trip next week to Amazon, so wont' be able to post for a while. Keep me in your prayers =)