Worth Repeating...

For some reason the scripture did not get posted with this blog, which is, of course, the most important part!  So here it is again, because apparently someone (me?) needed to read it again... 
Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, and Peter was following at a distance. And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.” But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.” And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.” And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly. (Luke 22:54-62 ESV)
As we look at this failure in Peter's following after Jesus, the most striking point is that he was the most courageous and confident of the apostles, often willing to speak up and step out of the boat when none else would.  In other words, we would be no different.  Even in his failure, he followed longer and closer than the rest.  He falling fell in the fact that he was relying on his own faithfulness, rather than relying on the grace and strength of Jesus.  And that is where we usually fail as well - trying to show God how strong we are, instead of relying on how strong He is.  Take heed, lest ye fall.