Take a look at this photo.

There is fog in the road.

The road is wet (dangerous), poorly lit (more dangerous), and unmarked (hmmm).

So that there’s no telling where it all leads.

You may have seen a road like this before.

You may be on one now.

Actually we all are.

In Sunday’s Gospel we see this is exactly where those first disciples were. The poorly defined road ahead was where they found themselves as Jesus preached in John 6. He told them it was difficult, full of danger, and fraught with peril. And even though he assured them he would be with them, they were unsettled. It’s no wonder most of them called it quits. They looked ahead to the difficulty, the confusion, the utter madness of following further along the road of discipleship, and so they packed it up, turned around, and left.

All but St. Peter.

He saw more to this road than the others. He saw light. He saw the source of light. He knew that to go back was to take an even more perilous route. “Lord, to whom can we go?” he asked, “You have the words of eternal life.”

And so he went forward.

Just as you and I are called to do.

And when we think about it, that really is the only way.

Each one of us stands at the crossroads. Every moment of every day. We can either walk toward him or away from him. Which way are we going? Which way will we go? Where else can we go?

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Reading

The Other Side of the City – Ed McBain

The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver

The Good of Affluence – John Schneider

Switch – Heath Brothers