What we love ultimately defines who we are and shapes the course of our life. We were made to love God and to love our neighbor, but, because of the Fall, our hearts were bent inward to love of self. In this ruined condition we, on our own, are incapable of reordering our loves, so God takes the initiative through the person of Christ; which then enables us to respond in faith. We can see this in the exchange between our Lord and Peter in our lesson for this week. Christ asks the same question three times, not only to reverse Peter’s denial, but to reinstate him and prepare him for what’s ahead.
What we love ultimately defines who we are and shapes the course of our life. We were made to love God and to love our neighbor, but, because of the Fall, our hearts were bent inward to love of self. In this ruined condition we, on our own, are incapable of reordering our loves, so God takes the initiative through the person of Christ; which then enables us to respond in faith. We can see this in the exchange between our Lord and Peter in our lesson for this week. Christ asks the same question three times, not only to reverse Peter’s denial, but to reinstate him and prepare him for what’s ahead.