However, their opinions may have changed after a full night of fishing without any success. Peter decided to “go a fishing,” 2 and several of the disciples thought that sounded like a pretty good idea. He showed his willingness to rush to the Lord once again just a short time later, as we read in John 21. He seemed to recognize that healing, strength, and clarity would be found only in the Lord’s presence. Often when I am feeling bloodied and bruised, exhausted, empty, preyed upon or put upon, weak, wounded, less than, confused, abandoned, discouraged, outraged, fearful, tearful, or sinful-all too often-I withdraw from Him.īut Peter seemed to know better. Not knowing all that was ahead, they still ran to Him. They were reeling, I presume, with feelings of grief, shock, and confusion, grappling with bewildering questions like “How could this happen? And why, when He raised so many from the dead, did He not save Himself?” Amid the bitterness of betrayal and the vastness of their loss, they may have been experiencing physical and emotional exhaustion, paralyzing fear, and so much more.īut instead of debating and analyzing the women’s assertions or giving way to despair, they ran to the tomb. They didn’t know what they would find in the tomb. When these women came running to the disciples, telling of angels and folded linen and an empty tomb, the account says Peter and John ran to the sepulchre. First, in both Luke 24 and John 20, we’re told that early in the morning of Resurrection Sunday, Mary Magdalene, the Savior’s mother, and other women were there at the tomb, ready to care for His body. I particularly love the images from two different events, both of which occurred shortly after the Savior was crucified. He was brazen, impetuous, fiercely loyal, and loving-the original “rock.”
While I am no great expert on the scriptures, I am deeply moved by the accounts of Peter in the New Testament.
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