In the recent release of the movie, The Last Supper, I loved how Peter described who he was before he met Christ and followed Him, and what he became after Christ passed. He was a fisherman by trade, who loved to walk along the shoreline and watch how the powerful waves tumbled and polished the stones as they moved through the water. Some loved the changes that happened to them; others needed more tumbling and polishing to remove the jagged edges and to stop resisting the Master’s love. Then, Peter met Christ and was gently and wonderfully persuaded to follow Christ and become a fisher of men. Peter’s life was totally changed as he grew to be more like Christ, helping and loving others. That night in Gethsemane taught Peter a lesson he would never forget. When we kill others with our swords, we die as well. Striving to make amends, the pain, like Christ’s pain on the cross, will be forgiven, and the tomb will be opened on Easter morning. We will be resurrected to Christ’s love, and we will love one another as He loved us. Peter became a fisher of men, and his three denials were forgiven. Christ had taken him, jagged edges and unworthiness, and tumbled and polished him into a beautiful, wandering teacher of love, peace, hope, and grace. He would feel the pull of the waves as he went out into the world, preaching God’s Gospel. What was once an ugly stone had become a beautiful, shining beacon of light.

Anna Hartt