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Do you love me more than these? This guy named Don spoke at chapel about how the question addressed to Peter by Jesus was a reference not to the other disciples but of his career as a fisherman- (see John 21:1-13) It was his life, even after all the years of teaching Jesus had given him, Peter returns to fishing after Jesus death-- back to the way things were I suppose. But Jesus appears to him and asks, do you love me more than these? More than this lifestyle? More than this life? Do you love me enough to take care of me sheep, feed my sheep, nurture them, discipline them, love them? Then I started to think.

Do I do whatever it is that I do because it is my attempt to feed the sheep or am I farming my own little herd of lamas? Seriously though. Am I concerned with the body of Christ on the earth-- the means by which God has left humanity to accomplish his purposes, or am I concerned with the lamas? The lamas would include hundreds of meaningless conversations about nothing. Maybe sports, maybe the weather, maybe classes or profs or meetings. Like a never ending Seinfeld episode; it’s entertaining but ultimately unfulfilling.

Feed my sheep. I’m pretty sure God doesn’t care about sports. He’s probably not a Leafs fan even if the guy on the Fan 590 says so… if they were they probably wouldn’t be in a 37 year drought…although the 40th year is just around the corner, maybe they’re just wandering in the wilderness and about to enter the promised land.

All of this is to say that I enjoyed what I heard. Maybe it’s because was someone that I really like so my mind is biased to what I heard. He probably could have preached against the inerrancy of Scripture and I would have said, “you know, that’s a good point”. But I think there was some truth to what was said. “Peter, do you love me more than the fish? Prove it. Here’s how—feed my sheep. Jesus wanted Peter to know that in this life--His life-- you’ve got to love him more or it won’t work. If you serve or whatever because you were trained to in the synagogue you probably won’t last and you’ll end up taking a sabbatical in your 3rd year of bar mitzvah’s or have an affair and sell real estate in Samaria. No, I think Jesus meant this is something bigger than you’ve ever experienced and it needs to be motivated by your love for me. --Love me more, that’s it...that’s everything.