An Invitation After Failure
“He said to them, “Don’t be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him! But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.’””Mark 16:6–7
After we have let someone down, even a simple message can feel difficult to open. We wonder whether we are still welcome, whether our failure has become the only thing they see. Shame can make us withdraw before anyone asks us to leave. Following Jesus can feel especially hard when we remember how confidently we once p...