Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

I am sure many of you have played that popular children’s game, Follow the Leader.  It is a game that can provide so much fun and laughter.  However, the "game" gets quite complicated if the leader goes where followers don't want to go.  For example, if the leader begins crossing a narrow beam over a high crevice, or runs across a busy street, or squeezes through the entrance to a dark cave, these actions present challenges that are not fun, but daunting and dangerous.  That is when most of us would probably opt out of playing the game. Today, Jesus is telling the disciples what it really means to follow him as their leader.  He is alarmingly blunt about what it means to follow him, and Peter does not want to go there.  So, Peter and the other disciples are given a lesson that is all about Following the Leader, Jesus style!  Peter has just experienced a monumental come to Jesus moment where he responded to Jesus saying, “You are the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God!”  Jesus had just called Peter