Second Chances by Max Lucado

Second Chances by Max Lucado It was small enough to overlook. Only two words. I know I’d read that passage a hundred times. But I’d never seen it. But I won’t miss it again. It’s highlighted in yellow and underlined in red. You might want to do the same. Look in Mark, chapter 16. Get your pencil ready and enjoy this jewel in the seventh verse (here it comes). The verse reads like this: “But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. Did you see it? Read it again. (This time I italicized the words.) “But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee.” Now tell me if that’s not a hidden treasure. If I might paraphrase the words, “Don’t stay here, go tell the disciples,” a pause, then a smile, “and especially tell Peter, that he is going before you to Galilee.” What a line. It’s as if all of heaven had watched Peter fall—and it’s as if all of heaven wanted to help him back up again. “Be sure and tell Peter that he’s not left out. Tell him that one failure doesn’t make a flop.” Whew! No wonder they call it the gospel of the second chance.