Peter’s my fave (2)
I wrote about Peter before and saw another great thing about Peter. This one’s a poem by Malcolm Guite. It’s great!
You can hear Malcolm reading the poem (with his charming accent) by clicking on the title of the poem.
Impulsive master of misunderstanding
You comfort me with all your big mistakes;
Jumping the ship before you make the landing,
Placing the bet before you know the stakes.
I love the way you step out without knowing,
The way you sometimes speak before you think,
The way your broken faith is always growing,
The way he holds you even when you sink.
Born to a world that always tried to shame you,
Your shaky ego vulnerable to shame,
I love the way that Jesus chose to name you,
Before you knew how to deserve that name.
And in the end your Saviour let you prove
That each denial is undone by love.
Don’t you love it?? “Impulsive master of misunderstanding.” Ha! “…your big mistakes”—they do comfort me! “The way you sometimes speak before you think.” Hey, I resemble that remark! And at the end, “each denial is undone by love.” Undone by love. Yes. I’m undone.