Peter

A Sonnet 

Impulsive master of misunderstanding

You comfort me with all your big mistakes;

Jumping the ship before you make the landing,

Placing the bet before you know the stakes.

I love the way you step out without knowing,

The way you sometimes speak before you think,

The way your broken faith is always growing,

The way he holds you even when you sink.

Born to a world that always tried to shame you,

Your shaky ego vulnerable to shame,

I love the way that Jesus chose to name you,

Before you knew how to deserve that name.

And in the end your Saviour let you prove

That each denial is undone by love.

 Malcolm Guite

 

Father,

You call us to follow like Peter,

to turn away from our own selfish interests,

even if the path is difficult to see,

or is heading in a direction we would never have chosen for ourselves.

Help us to see with the eyes of faith,

rather than from our own point of view.

Teach us to follow without fear,

knowing that You are always with us,

leading the way.