YOU CAN CALL HIM WHAT YOU LIKE
IMPETUOUS, BRASH, OUTSPOKEN,
BUT ONCE HE RECOGNIZED THE CHRIST
AND HEARD THAT COMMAND
HE DID WHAT OTHERS DIDNT --
HE STEPPED OUT ONTO THE WATER AND WALKED
HE DIDN'T WONDER, HE DIDN'T WORRY, HE DIDN'T WAIT --
HE DIDN'T EVEN LOOK TO SEE IF OTHERS WERE BEHIND HIM
HE JUST CLIMBED OUT AND WALKED
OH, I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY
THAT ON PETERS PART THE STORY IS A FAILURE
BECAUSE HE FLOUNDERED -- BUT, FRIEND
BECAUSE HE HAD VISION FASTENED ON THE CHRIST,
THE CHRIST CAUGHT HIM -- REACHED THROUGH SHRIEKING WIND
AND WAVES TO UPLIFT HIM BEYOND SINKING DOUBT
AND FLOUNDERING FEAR
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