To Whom Shall We Go?

Thank God for Peter.  Yes, he often spoke before he thought, was brash and even vehemently denied Jesus.  He is so much a part of each of us.  Once in awhile, however, speaking from the heart, something good, something classic came out of his mouth, as in the situation presented in today's Gospel Passage, Jn 6:60-69. When many of the disciples of Jesus declared they could not accept the "hard saying" of Jesus, that they must eat his body and drink his blood to have eternal life, and returned back to their old way of life, Peter spoke up to ask and declare: " To whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God." (Jn  6:69).
When we face "hard things", doubt, discouragement, loneliness,  depression, we need to ask from our brokenness, "Where else, Lord, shall I go, except to you? We need to remind ourselves, or be reminded through the words of a family or friend, that Jesus is the answer.  It may seem that he too has closed the door on us, but the reality is that he is constanly reaching out to us to pick us up, mend us, mold and renew us, "rebirth" us, and make us better and happier than we ever were before.  He has the words, the formula,  for everlasting life.  When we give ourselves over to him, a joy, and excitement that we never experienced before assures us that we have made the right choice.
Bro. Rene