Redemption

The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly. - Luke 22:61-62

But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. - Luke 24:11-12

The Christ, betrayed by men and doomed to die,
The Lord God turned, looked Peter in the eye.
And Peter, who'd denied he would deny,
Knew how he'd failed; went out, wept bitterly.
The Lord was crucified, laid in the tomb;
No hope in Peter's heart to see Him yet.
Some women come, tell all there in the room
Of empty tombs; new hope their words beget.
Up Peter starts, and rushes to the place
Where Christ was laid; the only one to move.
His hope not yet rewarded, but by grace
He's been forgiven, covered in Christ's love.
He'd failed his Lord before, denied His name;
With second chance, becomes an ardent flame.