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Easter to Pentecost     Easter 3     John 21:1-19, particularly verses 15-19

Feed my sheep (YC No 189)

Disciples were like you and me;

They often lost their way;

Their good intentions and resolve

Could sometimes go astray.

We hear that Simon’s name was changed

To Peter, meaning ‘Rock’;

When Jesus made this change he named

A leader of his flock.

And Peter, though impatient, brash,

He relished this new name;

He loved his Lord yet was disloyal;

He knew both joy and shame.

He followed Jesus to the end,

But failed him dismally;

Three times denied his Lord, but then

Went out, wept bitterly.

Yet he’s the man, just as he was,

Whom Jesus called to care;

He said three times, “You feed my sheep.”

“Do not yield to despair.”

We too like Peter can be weak;

We too can lose our way;

But Jesus still is calling us

To be God’s love today.

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