Peter's Words
St. Peter was such an ordinary bloke.                   
        He seldom thought before he spoke.
Here are some times when wisdom did desert him
        And his words turned out to hurt him.
Once he did not know just what to say
        But fear made him do it anyway                   Mark 9:6

Once his words caused him to walk on water               Matt. 14:28
        He also witnessed Jairus' daughter              Mark 5:22
He should not have spoken when someone asked
        If his Master always paid his tax                       Matt. 17:25
When Jesus heard he sent him away wishing
        He had kept silent for now he was fishing
And not with a net but a line and a hook.
        From the fish's mouth a coin he took.

When, that night, as they reclined to eat
        And Jesus started to wash their feet,
It was Peter who said, "You will never wash mine!"           John 13:8
        The master looked (and I am sure this time)
"If I do not, then you are not mine," He said without wrath.
        Then Peter demanded that He give him a bath.

"Who do you say that I am?" Jesus asked them
        Peter (his feelings he could not mask them)
Blurted out, "You are God's anointed one.
        You are God's own dear Son!"
And Jesus Blessed him, yes He did
        For God had revealed what He had hid.
When Jesus blessed him, how great Peter felt
        I wonder if Peter before Jesus knelt

For in just a few verses we watched Peter do it.
        He took hold of Jesus and nearly blew it.       Matt.16:22
"Not so Lord!" he demanded so strongly
        Once again Peter had spoken so wrongly.
Peter was doing what Satan would do
        And Jesus, we know, always knew
Before Him lay the cross and the grave
        Without it even Jesus could not save.

Now, knowing Peter, let us not wonder
        If God can use us when we so often blunder.