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Peter's Lie

Rejection regret and repentance

James Carran
Jul 18, 2023
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Editor’s Note:

Our Poet Laureate, James Carran returns this time with a wonderful poem on the weight of guilt and the grace of repentance.

Enjoy.

- Frank Theodat


brown and black wire on green grass during daytime
Photo by Samuel Lopes on Unsplash

The lie leapt out from Peter's tongue.

His vow now broken, bond undone.

Denial spoken, cockerel crows,

Jesus looks and then Peter knows:

He boasted he would die for Christ,

Yet Christ for him is sacrificed.

"I love you" leaps from Peter's tongue,

Christ is now risen, shame undone.

"I love you" spoken, by the shore,

As Christ forgives his friend once more.

"I love you, Lord", a third time cries

And sin, instead of sinner, dies.

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Blake Bobechko
Writes A State of Wonder
Jul 18Liked by Zack Grafman, James Carran

Wonderful verse, brother.

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