Foolishly we cut ourselves adrift from God and go our own solitary way. At first we sense a feeling of release but then reality sets in. Then we discover our inability to save ourselves from the complex web of failure and deceit we've wrapped ourselves in. We do not have the power to free ourselves from our energy robbing emotional fixation on those who have deeply hurt us. Legend says that the story of Peter's denial spread throughout Jerusalem.
People love stories of others failure.
It says that people imitated the cock crow when Peter walked passed them. But Peter had the courage and determination to redeem himself. When we're adrift in a sea of confusion, pain and failed relationships, our loneliness gives us time to think. Remember, it was the real Peter who declared his loyalty in the upper room. It was the real Peter who drew his sword in the moonlight of the garden.