Luke 22:47-62
Dear RTB’ers,
Sorry for the late posting – we have out-of-town visitors.
Finally today we near the end of Maundy (Holy) Thursday in our readings. I keep mentioning this because the days seem to run together in Jesus’ Holy Week life if we’re not careful to distinguish the days and the hours. So all of tonight is still Thursday evening, possibly Friday early morning. A few of Peter’s denials could have been late Thursday or early Friday. It’s only when the rooster crows in verse 60 that we know we’ve hit Friday morning, and it will be tomorrow in verse 66 when we read, “When day came…” that we clearly see Friday morning.
My verse for today: And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. (v. 61a) It’s one thing for us to acknowledge our sin; it’s quite another for us (ME!) to look Jesus in the face and see the hurt and the love expressed in one facial emotion. I need to print that verse out and paste it on a mirror.
Blessings!