Am I in Denial?

They took him! Judas turned him in! Why did he do that? Did he know who Jesus was? He wouldn't have me protect him! I cut off a soldiers ear, and I would have fought the rest of them, but Jesus said to me, "He who lives with the sword will perish by the sword." But Jesus did not harm a soul in his life... and he is to die by the cross? Is that right? He also said I would deny him. I would never do such a thing! As he is led off to be tortured and killed, I would never deny my connection to the Messiah! Why must he die?!? I will not abandon him! Will I?

Does he need to die?

I think I know who this man is! We have been traveling for such a long time, and he has been healing lepers, raising people from the dead, and yet I haven't got it. People have been saying he is Elijah, some saying he is John the Baptist, and yet some say he is Jeremiah. I told him this, and he asked who do I think he is. I said that he is the Messiah, son of the living God. He praised me calling me, "Peter" and "the rock on which he will build his church." But He also told me not to tell anyone. Why would he not want to tell anyone? We've been waiting for the Messiah for such a long time, shouldn't we treat this time with praise and joy? And what's this about him having to suffer and die...I would sooner die myself than let him come to harm!

Just Fishing

Say, I was fishing the other day, like I always do, and this Galilean walked up to me. It had been a rotten day, no fish at all, and this man told us to cast our nets. He had this strange air about him, an air of quiet authority. Normally I wouldn't have given this strange person a second thought, but he seemed to know what he was talking about, so we cast our nets and we caught more fish than we have ever caught in a single day. This man is more than just a man. He said, "follow me, and I will make you fish for people." Who wouldn't have followed him? This could be...I don't know, but he's something.