BLUNDERS TO WONDERS

BLUNDERS TO WONDERS

READ:
John 21:15-19

Turn us back to You, O
LORD, and we will be
restored. -Lamentations 5:21

Artist James Hubbell says, "Mistakes are gifts."  Whenever he's working on a project and something goes wrong, he doesn't start over.  He looks for a way to use the mistake to make something better.  None of us can avoid making blunders, and all of us have favorite ways of dealing with them.  We may try to hide them or to correct them or to apologize for them.

We do that with our sin sometimes too.  But God doesn't throw us away and start over.  He redeems us and makes us better.

The apostle Peter tended to do and say whatever seemed best at the moment.  He has been referred to as an "impetuous blunderer."  In his fear after Jesus was arrested, Peter claimed three times that he didn't know Jesus!  Yet later, on the basis of Peter's three declarations of love, Jesus turned Peter's humiliating denial into a wonderful occasion of restoration (John 21).  Despite Peter's flawed past, Jesus restored him to ministry with these words:  "Feed My sheep" (v.17).

If you have made a "blunder" so big that it seems irreversible, the most important matter is whether you love Jesus.  When we love Him, Jesus can turn our most serious blunders into awesome wonders. -Julie Ackerman Link

Lord, I'm so human and make foolish mistakes.  And
worse yet, I willfully sin against You.  Please forgive
me, change me, restore me, and use me

for Your name's sake.  Amen.

God can change our blunders into wonders.

INSIGHT
Peter was commanded to exhibit servanthood toward others (John 21:15-19).  Later, Peter would pass this principle to other leaders in the church:  "Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly...;nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock" (1 Peter 5:2-3).  Those who serve as shepherds of the flock should focus on the feeding and care of those under their charge.

Have a blessed day and weekend.
God Our Creator's Love Always.
Unity & Peace