While it is good to be at the top it is difficult to stay there.  And even if we desire it…it is virtually impossible to maintain the euphoric and joyful emotions experienced at the top.  Still we want to hold onto those moments not wanting to let go.  So it is with Peter… Just six days earlier he and the other disciple were shocked… Jesus has been healing and teaching with a new found authority.  But just six days earlier…Jesus begins talking about his own mortality.  He says that he is on the way toJerusalem where he will die…news that the disciples do not want to hear.

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