What about us? Should we be focused on our mistakes or our home runs? Or is it just about getting back up to the plate? It does make a difference whether we get up and move forward or become totally discouraged and without hope. Our guilt moves us the wrong way at times.

We need to overcome our faults and step up to the plate over and over again. Peter was up to bat three times and struck out as he denied Christ (Matthew 26:34). But Peter also had another turn at bat—as do we all through God's mercy. This time he was so successful that Peter's name will be on the New Jerusalem that descends from heaven (Revelation 21:14).