Friday’s Musings: How Many Times Did the Rooster Crow?

Mark 14:30 Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you that before the rooster crows two times tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.”  ……72 At that very moment, a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered what Jesus told him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down, sobbing.

As I was walking through Master Park yesterday morning I actually heard a rooster crowing. That’s not a usual sound in this urban area.  It made me think about how connected we are across our country. Still I’m more used to seeing chickens packaged in the grocery story than walking around. Then I thought about the rooster crowing when Peter denied Jesus.  The Hapeville rooster crowed once, twice, three times… I said come on, “one more time.”  I remember Peter denied Jesus three times and that I’d heard people talking about the rooster crowing three times.  However if one reads the accounts, Mark writes that the rooster crowed twice while in the other 3 Gospels it crows only once. Does it matter? Not really.  What matters to me is that it served as a reminder that we too can deny Christ especially when we fail to share our knowledge of him or fail to act in ways he taught us.  I asked myself as the rooster did crow the fourth time how I might have denied Christ this week.  Can you answer that for yourself?

Thank you Lord, for planting reminders in our life of your Word.  Help us to stay on the straight path and to celebrate our relationship with you and our salvation through Jesus Christ.  It’s in his name we pray. Amen.

Have a great weekend.
Paige