Peter swore he would never deny Jesus, even if everyone else did. A few hours later, warming himself by a fire, he told a servant girl, “I don’t know him.” Mark leaves him there, weeping, broken, with no ending in sight. Maybe you know what that feels like: stuck in the middle of a story you hoped would turn out differently. Know that our failures don’t get the final word. Jesus does. And the good news is his promises hold when ours don’t.
