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Luke22:31-32 is a wonderful follow-up to yesterday's post. Lord Jesus is speaking to a future thrice-betrayer and mentions that liar is planning a wheat-sifting. Jesus informs Peter that He has prayed for Him, but then predicts Peter's failure. But rather than fixate on the sin, rather than fixate on the resignation to disobedience of the will, Jesus encourages him to strengthen the others on his return.

Lord is not overlooking sin, or condoning it here. Sin never pleases God. But Lord always takes back repentant hearts. And even in those moments of resignation to weakness, there is a guilt there, a shame, a real wish to be stronger. And it is that heart of repentance and desire to turn and return that ultimately pleases God.