Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 14:26-31
by: Joy Choquette.
There is a famous saying that people are like teabags—never knowing what they are capable of until the water gets hot. That phrase comes to mind as we read this passage. Certainly, Peter and the other disciples never imagined that they would deny knowing Jesus—their best friend and teacher—nor that they would desert Him in His time of greatest need. And what about us? Do we pray for strength when situations are out of control or put our hands over our ears and block out the voice of Spirit, trying instead to do everything on our own steam?