May 24, 2019

My Journey to God

“Lord, You Know Everything . . .”

You, Simon Peter,
Have plumbed the depths.

“Lord, You know everything;
You know that I love You,” you said.

And that, He did.

He also knew the good, the bad,
And the ugly in you.
You could have killed a man
In the garden with a sword.
Once, twice, thrice
You denied our Lord.

“Lord, You know everything;
You know that I love You,” you said.

And yet, Peter, the “Rock,”
You could’ve made your heart as so—
Cold, hard, immovable;
Dead with regret and self-recrimination;
Impenetrable to His love and forgiveness.

Instead, when you heard,
You ran
And saw the empty tomb
And believed!

“Lord, You know everything;
You know that I love You.”
Once, twice, thrice you said.

“Tend My sheep.”
“Feed My sheep.”
“Follow Me.”
He said.

By Cathy Lamperski Dearing
 

(Cathy Lamperski Dearing is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis.)

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