You have to like Peter. He hangs out with the best people. Given half a chance, he’ll have a go at anything. Even when he blunders into the worst mistakes, you still have to love and forgive him, even if you are Jesus. When Jesus walked on the water, he thought, ‘I’d like to try that.’ Like a would–be water skier, it didn’t go so well, actually.

And aren’t we all glad. Just imagine if he had succeeded. Instead of the sacrament of Holy Communion, we might have had the holy sacrament of walking on water! Now that will test your faith, I wonder when Jesus reached out to Peter as he swiftly sank whether he might not have had a bit of a chuckle – you know that chuckle a father has when a four year old days the can fun faster and jump higher. This is a great story. It reminds us it is okay to have a go. It reminds us it is okay to fail. It reminds us the Jesus will not let us go. And it reminds us that the best is yet to be as we journey with Jesus.