Priorities

Peter, the first Pope, had his priorities wrong, like many who say they believe.  At the very end of John’s Gospel, in a scene that many say was not written by the same person who wrote the rest of that Gospel, Peter has just told Jesus that he loves him, three times no less.  Jesus says to “follow me.”  Jesus does not say, “Believe that I am God.”  What is the first thing that Peter says after this?  He gets competitive, as in who is better than whom.  He asks, “What about him?”  Jesus says to stop with the compare and contrast and just follow.  Many of us are like Peter.  We forget about the follow, as we compare and contrast with others about who has the correct belief and who is the more pious.  As for following Jesus?  That is way too hard.