Monday, May 19, 2008

Walking Where Jesus Walked





My most memorable day was the day we walked where Jesus actually walked. Few structures combine the ancient with the new as successfully as the Church of St. Peter. It was built in 1931 to commemorate Peter's denial of Christ. Beneath the church are a number of carved out chambers. The House of Caiaphas was on this very site and these chambers are where Jesus was imprisoned and tortured. You can even see the pillar where Jesus was probably tied and beaten! But it is the steps up to Caiaphas' house where I felt JESUS WAS HERE! These steps are the very ones that He would have walked up to enter the gates. Peter stood in this area and denied Christ three times.

I sat on the stone steps and contemplated all that my Lord has done for me! My my....