"Do you love me?" x3

Obviously Jesus' three-fold question to Peter, "do you love me?", recalls Peter's earlier three-fold denial of Jesus.
Here Jesus confronts Peter with his sin, but gently and kindly.
Peter is offered forgiveness and restored.

Our love for Christ will always be weak and imperfect.
Sometimes it will fail utterly, maybe repeatedly, dramatically and publicly.

Jesus' love for us comes first.
His love for us is far more important than our love for him.
His love is stronger than our failure and sin.
It is a love that forgives and restores.