But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Matt 16:23-25
We encounter many stumbling blocks in life. Often, like Peter, we do not even realize that we, ourselves, might be stumbling blocks to others. Our desire to fix things like we want things to be fixed; our desire to have things our way, sometimes gets in the way of our being able to see clearly God's will for us and for all humankind. We might think we are following in the footsteps of Jesus when we are really going in the direction we have chosen for ourselves. That direction may well be the wrong way. The direction we choose for ourselves may get us lost forever.
God grant that we should not be stumbling blocks to others or to ourselves; but, help us to see the way in which He would have us go, following in the footsteps of Jesus.
God's Peace - Pr.
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