Scott's Thoughts: -and Peter- Mark16:7

Have you ever felt like.... -and Peter-?

This is, of course, an excerpt from Mark 16:7 where the angel is explaining to the Marys that Jesus is no longer dead but has risen...

Now some have said that he is singled out because he is the leader of the disciples... I don't think so.

Could it have been because the women would have excluded Peter from the group because of his denial of Jesus as He had prophesied?

Could it be because Peter would have excluded himself because of the shame of denying Jesus?

I, like most, go along with this theory; he was in need of restoration.

I would add that it was also put there for me...

For those times when I feel like I have blown it and there is no way God could ever use me.

I don't even have to have done anything specific.

Sometimes I feel like a giant dust bunny under the couch... no use, no purpose, no value... no one really knows or cares what you are... just wishing the Hoover would suck you up so you would just go away.

(sorry that's how this mind works)

Peter needed to know that Jesus wanted him there.

I need to know Jesus wants me there in that place where He meets up with His disciples.

3 that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 1:3 (NKJV)

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2Corinthians 13:14 (ESV)

I need to know that God delights in me.

“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

The God of my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, My stronghold and my refuge; My Savior, You save me from violence.

20 He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

2 Samuel 22:2,3,20 (NKJV)

The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.

Jeremiah 31:3 (NKJV)

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NKJV)

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!... 1 John 3:1 a(NKJV)

So "-and (your name)-", If no one has told you lately... Jesus loves you, God delights in you and desires to meet you in that secret safe place and have fellowship with you... Open your mind, heart, and Bible and Fellowship with the Creator of the universe... your Daddy.

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