Then seizing Him, the led Him away and took Him into the the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. And when some there has kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, “This man was with Him.”
But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know Him,” he said.
A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.”
“Man, I am not!” Peter replied.
About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with Him, for he is a Galilean.”
Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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Peter’s response to turning his back on Jesus was to weep bitterly. I feel like for many of us, our response to sin (turning our back on God) is to just seek forgiveness and move on. It doesn’t really bother us that we have sinned like we it should. We don’t really take the time to truly be repentant. Remember, repentance was one of the main teaching points of Jesus while He was on earth. It should bother us more when we sin against Him. It should hurt…it should move us to try never to do it again. Do you hate sin? Does it make you sick? Does it make you bitterly torn when you choose it over God? Because…well…it should.
A Journey With Jesus 