{"id":2136,"asset_id":2448,"title":"Peter, the day after -\u00a0by\u00a0Mario Murillo\u00a0|\u00a0Apr 18, 2025\u00a0|\u00a0Good Friday","alias":"peter-the-day-after-by-mario-murillo-apr-18-2025-good-friday","introtext":"<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0_tb_body\">\r\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0_tb_body et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\r\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_title et_pb_post_title_0_tb_body et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_center\">\r\n<div class=\"et_pb_title_container\">\r\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Peter, the day after -&nbsp;by&nbsp;<span class=\"author vcard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mariomurillo.org\/author\/mmblogger\/\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Posts by Mario Murillo\">Mario Murillo<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<span class=\"published\">Apr 18, 2025<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mariomurillo.org\/category\/good-friday\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Good Friday<\/a><\/h1>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1_tb_body et_pb_row_3-4_1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column_1_tb_body et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\r\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_content et_pb_post_content_0_tb_body\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He screamed and he kept screaming until he could scream no more. Then he fell off a cliff into the abyss of broken souls. The force of his crash could have moved the earth. Fragments lay around him\u2014the new and hideous replacements of his former self. Shame replaced love. Cowardice replaced faith. Fear drove out Hope to make room for the mocking predator. Worst of all, he saw his destiny plunge into a black hole of regret.<\/p>\r\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>This is the day after Jesus died.<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>To survive, Peter became a robot. He went fishing. It\u2019s what he was programmed to do. Peter went through the motions.&nbsp; Avoiding feeling, suppressing every emotion.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The difference between Peter and Judas Iscariot is razor thin. The same fever of despair and regret raged in both of them. It drove Judas to suicide. Why didn\u2019t Peter do what the other traitor did? It was because Jesus prayed for him.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img src=\"https:\/\/e4t9u9q2qqf.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cross-300x157.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 873px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e4t9u9q2qqf.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cross.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;w=873&amp;ssl=1 873w, &lt;a href=\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"116\" style=\"float: left;\" wp-content=\"\" cross-480x252=\"\" hspace=\"10\/\" \/><strong>Satan told Peter a lie. Peter not only believed that lie, he now embodied it. And, it is the same lie that Satan is telling America right now\u2014the lie that all the good and important things are gone forever.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whenever those who hate God and America try to enforce a change, they call it \u2018THE NEW NORMAL.\u2019 They sold us on \u2018THE NEW NORMAL\u2019 of abortion, same sex marriage, and godless education. Their biggest excuse for seizing control was the coronavirus. Something to remember: \u2018the new normal\u2019 is always nothing other than the old abnormal, it is just disguised.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Memories tortured Peter. He tried to fight it with all his might, it was impossible not to relive those days. Two mistakes haunted him the most. Thinking he could save Jesus, he swung it at the head of the high priest\u2019s servant, Malchus, who, fortunately had moved just in time, losing only an ear. But his greatest horror was his discovery that he was a coward. He denied Jesus three times. The rooster was still crowing in his spirit.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/mariomurillo.org\/2025\/04\/18\/peter-the-day-after\/?mc_cid=3330941029&amp;mc_eid=597fb59a8a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2025-04-18 17:14:29","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2025-04-18 17:14:29","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2025-04-18 17:14:29","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}