One of the first things Jesus did after His resurrection was to go looking for the disciples who'd failed Him so badly. "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. (vv. 19-21). Among the group was Peter, who'd walked on water, whose hands had distributed miracle food to five thousand hungry people, who'd witnessed Moses and Elijah standing next to Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration. Big, bold, brave Peter who said, "Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples." (Matthew 26:35). He wasn't the only one as all the other disciples vowed the same. Yet the record reads, "And they all forsook him, and fled." (Mark 14:50). Saint John, Saint Andrew, and Saint James—all guys depicted on the stained glass windows of churches worldwide—abandoned Jesus when He needed them most. Yet when He rose from the dead, He never once brought it up. Instead: "He showed them His wounded hands (John 20:20). Why? To let them know He loved them in spite of their failure. Instead of disowning them, He said, ". . . as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." (v. 21). Today He's saying the same to you!
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