Desert Fathers Dispatch

He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.” John 21:17

We, no … I would like to believe that I possess the complete, perfect, and sacrificial love of Jesus Christ. Maybe you have achieved agape, the total self-giving love that the Lord had (and still has) for us as He became incarnate, laid His life down, and arose from the grave having defeated death and sin with the cross. An honest self-examination proves that I haven’t reach the example of the Savior that I strive to emulate.

I resemble Peter far more than Jesus. Like the apostle, I will make a praiseworthy proclamation of…