I really appreciate this song which explores Peter’s betrayal of Jesus – his pride on the front end and his lament afterward. It helps me also remember and lament the ways in which I too have denied Christ. There is comfort in knowing that Christ knows all along – just as he did for Peter – how we will fall. And that he mercifully continues to grant us the promise of true repentance, “when you turn…” Peter’s denials and restoration offer great hope for all of us.
Some select lyrics:
When she asked her question
That servant girl she broke my heart
I knew she was the message
That You had spoken all along
And two behind her followed in the prints her feet had made
Said they’d seen me walking with You, said my tongue gave me away
But I swore against their charges, claimed You I’d never known
Just in time to hear the bird You promised, lift its head and crow
Lift its head and crow
Oh Jesus I wish You were wrong wrong wrong
Wrong about me
“Jesus is Denied by Peter” by Poor Bishop Hooper
Entrusted to the Dirt 