A READING FROM MARK
31Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
MESSAGE IN A PARAGRAPH OR TWO
I am certified to teach Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. However, I didn’t get it right away. Covey compared it to a spiral staircase. He said you know it on the first step. But the higher you go the more clear the understanding.
Peter “sort of” knew about the messiah. But took a while before it became clear. How about you? In this election year, who do you want to save the country? Will that person behave like Jesus? Will that person treat people, even enemies the way Jesus taught us to treat people? Where do most people put Jesus in relationship to the real world? Well, he was hung on a cross.