Peter's Request

Note...this comes as part of a double slice of bread...I'm at Camp Marist in Ossipee, New Hampshire, and had hoped to post  it after the morning prayer and daily announcements, but the program started late and took longer than I had been told, so I missed the posting deadline.  The rest of the day also took a different turn other than planned (as always).  God continues to teach me, even at 78:  His way is always different and always the BEST!

The Gospel recounts the appearance of Jesus walking on water and Peter's request to walk with him.Matt 14: 22-36).  Just stop for a moment and ask yourself if you would ask for such a favor, even if you saw Jesus walking on water. What ever possessed Peter to ask for such a "favor'?  Most of us, except the most daring, would not even consider it.  Evidently Peter had second thoughts, and began to sink, as would be expected...Yet, everything happens for a purpose. and here Jesus uses Peter's impetuousness to as the occasion for a lesson in Faith and Trust.  We don't ask to walk on water, but we do make some preposterous requests at times, and then flounder on our own ridiculousness and want to pull back. Jesus says to us as he did to Peter, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" (Mt 14: 32).  Makes us wonder about our prayers, our requests, so often laced with doubt or hesitation...Jesus never stops repeating the lesson, so let's pray that someday we might learn!
Bro. Rene