ENGAGEMENT:

• Jesus asked Peter three times, "Do you love me?"-gently, patiently, giving him space to repair what was broken. Where do you need to be gentle with yourself right now? And where might you need to extend that same gentleness to someone else whose growth is fragile.

• Isaiah 42:3 says, "A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench." Have you ever felt like the bruised reed-bent, cracked, barely holding together? Or the dimly burning wick-your flame almost out, just flickering? What does it mean to you that Jesus promises not to break you, not to snuff you out, but to tend to you?