Be Still and Know that I am God....

The Lord says,

You are worried and anxious about things that cannot be changed (the past), but out of chaos, I drew light and beauty.  So it shall be forever, for those who trust in Me.  Cast your cares on Me, and I will heal you.  When you "cast" your cares, you cannot continue to worry over them as if you could somehow "fix" what has been done in the past.  All of your present care and concern will not change one moment that has gone.  Trust Me for your future---that alone is in your power.

I cannot now untangle the sins and influences of the past.  I cannot "do it over again," and even if I could, I'm not sure I could get it right a second time.  This is purgatory, if not hell---to see and recognize the wrong we have done and to be helpless to change one moment of the past---to see the suffering we have inflicted on others, people we love, and not be able to change or alleviate their suffering.  There is only one remedy:  Jesus Christ has taken upon Himself all the blows of the world and has transformed them into a new, resurrected body, which He now shares with us.

Peter's consciousness of His denial of the Christ kept his heart compassionate toward others in their weakness.  His very sin "qualified" him, so to speak, as head of the church, the hospital for sinners.  He had experienced the welcoming arms of Jesus; he could now hold out his own arms to those who had miserably failed.  Having the faith to have stepped out of the boat, he immediately sank beneath the waters, but the strong hand of Jesus brought him safely back to the boat.  Never again could he trust in his own strength or faith to save him.