Simon Peter is mine. We find that he has denied Christ, but knew his wrong and repented. Though I haven't denied Christ, there have been times when I have had to withdraw myself from certain churches or church altogether to gain some perspective. I was like Peter in the respect that I stated, "I go a fishing. But, Peter couldn't stay that way, and neither could I. Upon returning to the profession I was in before beginning in ministry, I found that wasn't where God would bless me. After several months of discipline from the Lord, I returned to ministry, though not in a full-time capacity. I seemed to have gone through Christ asking me, as he did Simon Peter, "Do you love me?" Seeing how God used Peter after his failing, I know that God is a forgiving God and will use us in spite of ourselves.