do you love me more than these

Acts 25:13-21; Ps 103 The Lord has established his throne in heaven; John 21:15-19

Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink in the wild air.  Ralph Emerson

"After Jesus had revealed himself to  his disciples and eaten breakfast with them, he said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these..."


Thus begins the interrogation of the soul.

Do you love me more than these?

What a very important question for all of us to raise to ourselves.

We should all look at our life, how we live and what we do, does it reflect a love that is more than  these...

Identify what "these" might refer to in your life.

Identify your love and where does it reside, what is its focus and motivation.

"Do you love me more than these..."

Jesus looks for a love that is more than.

How do we know if that love we profess, that love we posses is of the stature it needs to be or a stature Christ desires?

Are we "tending and feeding the lambs and sheep?"

Then the climax of the interrogation of the soul is sounded in that clarion call, "Follow Me!"

Peter's initiation into the discipleship of Christ begins and ends with the same two words, "Follow Me."

It is in the footsteps of Christ we discover the depth of our love and we give it a chance to grow deeper and deeper daily in our lives.

"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."  Ralph Emerson

I would like to add, don't forget the blunders and absurdities but learn the way of love through them.