 I can't believe Peter did this. In Matthew 17 it tells of Jesus taking Peter, James and John up a high mountain. And before their eyes, Jesus' face appeared as a piercing sun and his clothes were bright white. If that wasn't enough, a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice came from the cloud saying, This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased, listen to him. But then just nine chapters later, Jesus had been taken before the high priest to be questioned. Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard and a slave girl came up to him asking, Weren't you with Jesus the Galilean? He denied Jesus, not once, not twice, three times. And although some might look at Peter with disgust, he provides a mirror for us to see ourselves in clear light. We've all experienced Jesus in our life. We've experienced his love, his blessings, his miracles, his revealed revelation. We've been able to read it and yet we've continued to turn aside to our own ways to rebel against him, to betray him. Jesus extends grace not just to Peter, but to us too. He made our betrayal with mercy, our denial with deliverance, our sin with salvation.