Let's begin with Simon out on his boat fishing alongside the other disciples.  He is brooding, thinking deep thoughts not quite sure what to make of all that had happened.  Then there is a flashback.  He recalls how some months earlier he left his fishing nets at the seashore to become a follower of Jesus and how Jesus liked him and included him and changed his name from Simon to Peter (Petros, the Rock) because Jesus felt that Simon was strong, stable, and solid like a rock.  But then all of a sudden, things turned sour.  Jesus was arrested and Peter the Rock got scared and on that fateful night, he denied his Lord three times.

The next day, Good Friday, Jesus was nailed to a cross and Simon Peter was devastated, shattered, defeated, and broken hearted.  But then came Easter and Simon Pe…