Some people say life is like an ice cream cone. The moment you think you have it licked, it drips on you! Regrets? I have had a few, how about you? Mistakes? I have made my share, how about you? When it comes to faults and failures, how can we find our way through? That is what I want us to think about today on our way to Holy Communion.

I. Failure is Certain

We catch up with Simon Peter today, back in Galilee. He is fishing and catching nothing. The same Peter who saw the empty tomb first-hand and encountered the risen Christ in person is now back where he started.

What is it about the human personality that drives us into isolation when we miss the mark of our high calling? When Adam ate the apple, he went into hiding. When God called Jonah, he runs right into the belly of a whale. Th…