Apostle Peter- Running 1

A blend of Bible stories, revelations and fiction (literature license) about Peter's life and somewhat complex choices and decisions.
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And Peter was running again, away from the persecution that had once again broken out against the Church.
Jesus had been long gone. He missed Him. He still had nostalgia and goose bumps whenever he remembered just how divine Jesus was. He had seen Jesus do a lot of amazing miracles but none quite like the last one- he and his other folks, some 50 of them watched as Jesus levitated into the heavens until no physical eyes could see him again. He said He was going to heaven and of course that was true- Peter knew now by deep conviction that he'd walked with God Himself. And for some reason he thought himself a friend of God. He knew he was going to see Jesus again sometime soon. There was no debate in his heart about this. He loved Jesus or perhaps God- they were one and the same persons to him now. He often thought that he must be very special for Jesus to have picked him among the very few to have been so close to him and, if Jesus was God then his creator had given him an exclusive and special tag. On top of that, He was now the provisional leader of the movement Jesus began- the Church.
However, he still feared for his life the very moment news got to him that the authorities were coming to search him out. He fled.
This time however Jesus appeared to him when he got into another city...
But Paul... Paul didn't run away, he confronted the persecution. It was either he was sorely persecuted even to the point of death or he actually died and went to be with the Lord(that was how he thought!) Whichever way it was going to happen Paul wasn't one to run away.
Jesus spoke to Peter, "for how long will you keep running away Peter? I am with you even to the end of the age".


Peter knew exactly what Jesus was talking about. For all his life he'd been one who ran away once the heat got really intense.
He remembered his youth and how he, Andrew his brother and another fellow went fishing in the middle of the night with two boats, the storm grew worse and they had to depart the sea. Their friend(the other fisherman) was in the other boat and Peter beckoned to him that it was time to go. Apparently the friend's row had fractured as he was rowing against the wind, trying to get out of sea for safety. Peter didn't know this and was fast losing his patience. "we need to leave now, the storm's getting worse!" he screamed. Andrew was in Peter's boat and could sense something was wrong with their friend. "Let's go help him out!" Andrew screamed against the billowing winds and Peter had to scream back multiple times at Andrew for a repeat of that statement.
When he finally heard what Andrew had said he opted against going back in the direction of the storm. "It's too dangerous!" he blurted back. Andrew argued that they could still make it if they went immediately. Peter just wouldn't take that risk.
Peter and Andrew made it to shore but their friend didn't that night. They waited till daybreak and he still hadn't come. They decided to go back on sea to look for him. They found broken pieces of wood at different locations on the sea but they never found their friend.
He was never found.



To be continued...




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Written by- Ologbonori Olamide (Pastor Lams).