Marilyn S Jennings Poet Free verse

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I can only imagine what Peter must have felt like, he was
so sure that when the time came he would have gladly
have died with Jesus, that was his flesh telling him that
and it wasn't until he was filled with the power of the
Holy Spirit that he received the strength he needed
to live for his LORD.  When he did die for HIM, Peter
wouldn't allow them to crucify him the way Jesus was
but, he had them nail him upside down.  He truly loved
his Master.
 

Lovest Thou Me

Lovest Thou Me?

How Peter wept when he had heard those words
Lovest thou Me more than these?
The pain, shame and agony of the last few days
had driven this fisherman trembling and shaking now to his knees.

He had thought within himself, I will go with Him 
why I’ll go even unto the death, 
then circumstances presented themselves and a dreadful, terrifying fear
overtook him shouting, “And what if what you’ve believed about Him is proved to be a myth?

Yet, he had seen Him raise the dead and
bind up the brokenhearted; 
he had witnessed funerals turning into a praise service
as the angle of death from a widow’s son had departed.

He saw Him on the Mount of Transfiguration
as His countenance lit up the sky; 
he had seen this same Jesus when Lazarus was dead
His face turned towards Heaven and great tears filled His eyes.

He had witnessed how He fed the five thousand
and caused the lame to walk, 
and his ears heard first hand as the blind eyes were opened
and the speechless one’s lips began to talk.

How this broken Peter wailed, “What kind of man am I
that I could have stumbled so”? 
But on the day of Pentecost we see a transformed Peter preaching to the multitudes
so fearless was he now that the Pharisees and devils had to let him go.

It is this one true fact that this same Christ whom he loved so deeply
was now living within his own heart, 
and His Spirit burned as an unquenchable fire
that would from him never, no never depart.

Written by:  Marilyn S. Jennings

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