The Denial

Meanwhile, Simon Peter was still standing with the guards, warming himself. They asked, “Aren’t you one of his disciples?”
Peter denied it, saying, “I’m not.”
A servant of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said to him, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?” Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Peter swore to Jesus that he would always be there for him. Yet Jesus knew better…
There is no ignoring the crow of a rooster. How harshly does that sound grate your ears when it serves to remind you of the many ways you have denied Christ in your daily life? Do you know God loves you so much that even when you deny God, God is still there waiting for your return?