Do you love me?

This powerful message takes us to the shores of the Sea of Galilee where we witness one of the most tender and challenging conversations in Scripture: Jesus questioning Peter's love three times. The Greek language reveals something profound here - Jesus asks if Peter loves Him with 'agape' love (the highest, most sacrificial love), but Peter can only respond with 'phileo' love (brotherly affection). Why? Because Peter is still carrying the crushing weight of his threefold denial just weeks earlier. When we examine our own hearts, we might find ourselves in Peter's sandals - loving Jesus imperfectly, wrestling with our failures, wondering if our devotion measures up. The beautiful truth is that Jesus meets us exactly where we are. He doesn't wait for our love to be perfect before calling us back to Himself. Instead, He intentionally recreates that first calling - same sea, same boat, same miraculous catch of fish - giving Peter (and us) a fresh start. The message challenges us to examine where we might be denying Jesus in subtle ways: through unconfessed sin, through silence when we should speak, through creating distance in areas of our lives where we don't want Him present. Yet it also offers incredible hope: even our weak, faltering love matters to God. When Jesus tells Peter to 'feed my sheep,' He's showing us that imperfect love can still serve perfectly. Our failures don't disqualify us from loving God's people or growing in devotion to Christ.