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A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Swarzy Shire

Good morning. Breakfast is one of my favourite meals of the day - there鈥檚 nothing like a full English with a good cup of tea鈥�and maybe a cheeky nap after!

I love that Jesus also loved breakfast - and loved His friends too. After one of his closest friends called Peter had denied Him three times, Jesus showed up again by the Sea of Galilee, not with anger or disappointment, but with breakfast. Peter and some of the disciples had been fishing all night and caught nothing until Jesus called out, 鈥淭hrow your net on the right side of the boat.鈥� I鈥檓 sure Peter must have twigged, hang on a minute, I鈥檝e heard this before! Suddenly their nets overflowed with fish, and realising it was Jesus, Peter jumped straight into the water to reach Him.

It鈥檚 striking that after everything Peter and the disciples had seen Jesus do, they went back to their old way of life - back to fishing. Yet even there, Jesus meets them again. He repeats the miracle that first called Peter, showing once more that His mercy and grace are sweeter than the bitterness of his own failure and shame.

When they reached the shore, they found Jesus by a fire, frying fish! And then came the invitation that still melts my heart today: 鈥淐ome and have breakfast.鈥�

When I lose my way, and forget all the good things I鈥檝e seen Jesus do in my life, when I鈥檓 burdened by failure and shame may I remember His gentle invitation to come and be restored. Whatever you鈥檙e having for breakfast this morning, I pray we鈥檇 taste and see the kindness of Jesus, who still comes after us with love to show His goodness, his mercy, and grace. Amen.