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This episode discusses the themes of forgiveness and trust in the context of failure, using the story of Peter and Jesus as a central metaphor.
Day 89 Today's Reading: John 21 We know that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. Back then they didn’t have mass production, so each bulb had to be created separately. He and his colleagues worked twenty-four painstaking and meticulous hours straight to put just one together. The story goes that when Edison was finished with that light bulb, he gave it to a young boy to deliver up the stairs to another part of Edison’s workshop. The boy nervously carried it— step by step cautiously watching his hands, terrified of dropping this treasure. But when he got to the top of the stairs, the poor boy dropped it. It took the team of men another twenty-four hours to create the second light bulb. Tired and ready for a break, Edison needed it carried up the stairs. Guess who he asked to deliver it? He gave it to the same young boy who dropped the first one. This time he made it to the top. Jesus had a light bulb and Jesus had a clumsy kid. The light bulb would be the church and the kid’s name was Peter. Peter’s stair drop? Peter denied Jesus three times at Jesus’ most critical moment of his life. And after the resurrection, Jesus found Peter to give him the light bulb—right after…
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Host: The 260 Journey
Topics covered
- forgiveness
- failure
- trust
- spiritual growth
- Christianity
- Bible reading
Keywords
- forgiveness
- failure
- trust
- Peter
- Jesus
- light bulb
- Thomas Edison
- spirituality
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Psalm 130:3-4
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