THE FIRST WORDS OF JESUS
TO SIMON PETER WERE
COME BE MY DISCIPLE
HIS LAST WORDS TO PETER WERE
COME FOLLOW ME
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
BETWEEN THOSE TWO CHALLENGES
PETER NEVER FAILED TO FOLLOW
EVEN THOUGH HE OFTEN STUMBLED
IN MATTHEW
WE SEE PETER
IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
BRAVE ENOUGH
TO WIELD A SWORD
AND CUT OFF
THE EAR OF THE HIGH PRIEST'S SERVANT
BUT LATER
PETER
STANDING IN THE HIGH PRIEST'S COURTYARD
WITHERS UNDER THE SCORNING GAZE
OF A SERVANT GIRL
WITHERS TO THE POINT
THAT HE SWEARS
THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW THE MAN
PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAITH
WILL NEVER ASK
WHO WILL GO UP TO HEAVEN
TO BRING CHRIST DOWN
NEITHER WILL THEY ASK,
WHO WILL GO DOWN
INTO THE WORLD OF THE DEAD
TO RAISE HIM TO LIFE
ALL WHO ARE ACCEPTABLE
BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH
SIMPLY SAY
THE MESSAGE IS AS NEAR AS YOUR MOUTH
OR YOUR HEART
THE MESSAGE THAT GOD WALKS AMONG US
LAUGHS WITH US
CRIES WITH US
TRIES TO INSPIRE US
SO THAT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
MIGHT BE BETTER
THIS PETER KNEW
SIMPLE IMPULSIVE PETER
WHO AT THE VOICE OF JESUS
LEAPED FROM THE BOAT
TO WALK ON WATER
WHO WALKED ON WATER
UNTIL HE THOUGHT
HE WAS DOING IT HIMSELF
THEN HE SANK
AND CRIED
LORD SAVE ME
BUT JESUS REACHED DOWN
AS HE DID SO MANY TIMES WITH PETER
AS HE DOES SO MANY TIMES WITH US
AND SAVES US
AND WE ARE ASKED
TO BE WILLING
TO LEAP FROM THE BOAT IN FAITH
KNOWING GOD WILL SUSTAIN US
AND BRING US SAFELY HOME
FRANK A VOLLMER
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