Following Too Closely

I've heard a bit about a prominent Christian preacher who has announced that he is no longer Christian.  I have watched people leave their Christian beliefs to follow philosophy, or science, or some other religion.  It can be unsettling so see people losing their faith in God, and deciding to put their faith in something else. 

As I drove home I thought about the dangers of driving too closely to someone.  You may think that you have good enough reflexes to stop if you need to, and maybe a lot of the time you do, but -- if you are following too closely when someone else crashes, there is a good chance that you will crash too.

All of this reminded me that we have a responsibility for ourselves and our own beliefs.  Even people who we love and admire and who are very intelligent may decide to leave their Christian faith behind.  Will we follow?  Or will we answer as Peter did?

"Lord, to whom shall we go?  thou hast the words of eternal life.  And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God"

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