For a child waiting eagerly for her first day at school, a bride waiting for her wedding day, or a sportsman entering his first finals, the rooster crowing means, “Wake up, the day you have longed for is finally here.” So, nothing can be sweeter to the ears than the sound of the rooster crowing outside.

They will crow to indicate safety for their flock, to communicate their dominance, and to warn of danger. Some of us like the “cock-a-doodle-doo” of a cheerful rooster. But the loud and incessant crowing is also why many urban neighborhoods prohibit roosters.

Matthew 26:75 states that after Peter heard a rooster crowing, he “remembered the words Jesus had spoken, 'Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times. ' And he went outside and wept bitterly.” Peter wept bitterly because he was confronted with an awful truth.