It strikes me as particularly profound that both Mary and Peter have been lifted up by God and in the Catholic church. I say this because both of them are revealed to us as particularly human, particularly error-prone.
In Mary’s case there is the incident of Christ rebuking her because He was about His Father’s business and the incident of turning water to wine at the wedding when He rebuked her because it wasn’t His time yet.
And in Peter’s case, how can we forget the cock crowing three times or the harsh rebuke he received “Get thee behind me, Satan” when he chose his own will over God’s suggesting that Jesus should not suffer the Cross.
And yet Mary was chosen and blessed among all women to be the vessel whereby Jesus as God became enfleshed. Likewise, of all the disciples, the Father chose Peter for His first personal and direct revelation, that Jesus Christ is Lord.
It was not Peter but John who stood at the foot of the Cross with Mary – but John did not receive the revelation first.
The same could be said for Abraham who called Sarah his sister to save his own neck. Abraham was chosen, but he was also human and prone to err. Likewise Noah and Moses and David and so on.
The Living Word speaks to us by revealing flaws in the greatest of the chosen ones. The leading I have in the Spirit is that they are to be seen as human not "gods", but chosen of God and to be honored through the ages - but more importantly, that God should be praised for doing so.
My two cents…
Thank you for those great words of reminder and encouragement!