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August 25, 2018John 6. 60-69: Simon Peter answered, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the message of eternal life, and we believe; we know that you are the Holy One of God."
We live in the midst of several big and small choices in life. Sometimes it affects life totally like a job, marriage, retirement, and a choice for a medical procedure etc; or choices about the children that affect their lives - school, moving to a new house, and health issues. Life is made up of many choices big and small, human, spiritual, and religious choices.
Peter had this sort of choice today. Would he go after Jesus or leave like others did? He stayed, and would have many more attempts at that choice. Why did he stay? Because he knew that Jesus alone has the words of eternal life. He knew that Jesus is the Son of the living God. Our choices come from something within us. We need Christ within us if we are to follow him.
Peter had enough love for Jesus inside him to make this choice. It might not have always been easy and he would give in later, but he would eventually come back. His choice eventually would be to answer Jesus' question - "Do you love me?" The choice for Jesus is the choice for love; in all sorts of ways. If you choose Jesus, then the hunger of the world, as well as the tears of a baby, affects you. What we do in love for others comes from the deepest part of life. We need to fill our lives with Christ to be able to share this love in big and small ways.
We need the community of faith- the Church. Peter says - to whom shall we go? We follow Christ together.