Good Friday thoughts

I thought this was a great post from Mark Batterson:

Good Friday
Since it's Good Friday I thought I'd share a devotional thought:
Did Peter feel a twinge of guilt every time he heard a rooster crow?
There is a poignant scene right after Peter denied Christ. A rooster crows. And Luke 22:61 says, "At that moment, the Lord turned and looked at Peter." I don't think it was a vindictive look. I think Jesus wanted to establish eye contact to maintain relationship with Peter, but Peter went out and "wept bitterly."
You know how certain sights or sounds or smells can trigger a memory? I’ve got to think that every time Peter heard a rooster crow he winced. It was a daily reminder of his failure. He was haunted by three denials.
Peter gets a bum rap. He is forever remembered as the disciple who denied Christ three times, but we forget the fact that he is the only one who got close enough to get caught. Peter is the disciple who sinks in the Sea of Galilee, but he is also the only disciple who walks on water! And Peter is the disciple who impulsively cut off Malchus' ear when the religious leaders come to arrest Jesus. But I don’t see any of the other disciples coming to Jesus' defense do you?
Lack of Evidence
All four gospels tell the story of Peter cutting off the right ear of Malchus, a servant of the high priest. Luke 22:51 says that Jesus "touched the man's ear and healed him."
Let me state the obvious: you don't cut off someone's ear and get by with it, especially if that someone is the High Priest's servant. Worst case scenario: Peter gets charged with attempted murder. Best case scenario: Peter gets charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
We tend to overlook this subplot, but Peter is in a world of trouble!
Then Jesus intervenes.
Somehow he reverses the irreversible. He reattaches the amputated ear. But he does more than heal this man's ear. I love the way my friend and mentor, Dick Foth, puts it: "Jesus destroys the evidence against us."
Stop and think about it.
Malchus files a civil suit against Peter and takes the witness stand. He says, "Peter cut off my ear." The Judge says, "Which ear?" Malchus says, "My right one." The Judge says, "It looks fine to me." And the case gets thrown out of court for lack of evidence!
This isn't just a story about Jesus and Peter and Malchus. It's a picture of what Christ accomplished on the Christ. He destroyed the evidence against us. It's like the Accuser of the Brethren brings charges against us, but the Judge says, "The evidence has been destroyed." And the charges are dropped.
That's why it's called Good Friday.

Grace, it's a name for a girl. It's also a thought that changed the world.