Isnโt it a mystery how you can read a scripture dozens of times when suddenly, a sentence will jump out at you as if highlighted, and youโll wonder โ โ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ!?โ This is the miracle of the Word of God. The words etched on these pages are not dead, they are not passive or lifeless, but alive, endless, they have a power of their own!
While reading the account where Peter denied Jesus three times, I noticed a few details that I hadnโt seen before. โ๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐๐, โ๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐!โ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง.โ Luke 22:60-61a
โ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐!โ The LORD was there! Our Savior heard every denial Peter made, one blow to His heart after another. Jesus heard every defiant renunciation that fell from Peterโs lips. How did I miss this, how did I miss the fact that Satan sifted Peter right in front of Jesus? Oh, how that must have stung, how personal and painful this rejection! And from Peter too โ the one who knew that Jesus was the Messiah. The one on whom Christ promised to build His church. But even more than that, this denial came from one of His closest friends!
It was this look that broke Peter causing him to weep bitterly, this look that finally brought Peter to the end of himself. If Peter had not been completely broken, he could not have been completely transformed. Peterโs transformation was so dramatic that he did indeed become the rock on which Godโs church was built, bringing the gospel to the gentiles. He died a martyrโs death being crucified upside down upon a cross.
๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ! He always is. He is always standing beside you, watching over you, taking care of you, looking upon you with a love that is never ending. He is there in the good times and the hard ones. He is there when you fail, when you stumble, flounder, or fall. He sees the potential within you and believes wholeheartedly in you. He knows that when you come to the end of yourself, then His story can begin. The purposes and works that He has planned for you can begin and be established. When you find yourself at the end of your rope, remember, Jesus is always there. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ?!
Thankful that Jesus is always there. 
Claire's Prayer 