Sometimes when faced with challenges of various sorts we may be temped to abandon certain commitments or look for comfort in many of the wrong places ….
But this isn’t new ….
Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever. “He (Jesus) said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
Many Disciples Desert Jesus
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
John 55:68
Irene’s pushed aside the nausea and graciously prepared a wonderful birthday dinner with two delicious desserts …. coca cola cake and apple crisp …. my favorites! Jocelyn joined us and we relaxed throughout the evening.
When many of Jesus’ disciples couldn’t accept what was thought to be “hard teaching”, they turned back and no longer followed him. Jesus then asks the Twelve, “You do not want to leave too,
