On the shore of the Sea of Galilee, beside a charcoal fire — the same detail that marked his denial — the Risen Christ restored Peter with three questions of love. 'Simon, do you love me?' Three times He asked, once for each denial. And with each affirmation, Peter was not merely forgiven but commissioned: 'Feed my sheep.'
This is the genius of Easter forgiveness. It does not simply erase the past — it transforms it. Peter's greatest failure became the foundation of his greatest mission. The denier became the rock. The coward became the shepherd.
How many of us carry the weight of past failures? How many of us define ourselves by our worst moments? Easter says: you are not your sin. You are not your failure. You are loved beyond measure, and your brokenness is the very place where Christ wants to meet you.
Come to the charcoal fire. Let Christ ask you: Do you love me? And in your imperfect, trembling yes, find the restoration that only resurrection love can give.
