And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly. (Matthew 26:75)

"You win some and you lose some." This popular saying is a way of admitting that life has its failures. You can't win all the time. A serious failure is often accompanied with tears. One night two men went bowling. One of them was an excellent bowler. He got strike after strike and was headed for the perfect score of 300. On the last frame, something went wrong and three pins remained standing. Returning to his partner, he cried with tears in his voice, "Isn't that hell? You know what to do but you don't do it." Yes, failure is hell, enough to make a brave man cry.

Upon his failure to be true to his Master, Peter broke down in tears. As our text …