The Greyhound Races

It's kind of like greyhound racing.

Greyhound racing is a popular betting sport in some parts of the country.
It attracts crowds who enjoy watching sleek and beautiful dogs run as fast as they can around a track.
Unlike racehorses, greyhounds run without the assistance of a jockey.
To keep the dogs running in the right direction, they are trained to chase a mechanical rabbit made of fur as it zips along the track in front of them.
A man in the press box electronically controls the speed of the rabbit, keeping it just out in front of the dogs. The dogs never catch up to it.

At a Florida track some years back, a big race was about to begin.

The dogs crouched in their cages, ready to go.
The gun went off.
The man in the press box pushed his lever, starting the rabbit down the first stretch, while the cage doors flew open, releasing the dogs to take off after the little rabbit.
As the rabbit made the first turn, however, an electrical short in the system caused the rabbit to come to a complete stop, explode, and go up in flames.
The only thing left was some black stuff hanging on the end of a wire.

Their rabbit gone, the bewildered dogs didn't know how to act.

According to news reports, several dogs simply stopped running and laid down on the track, their tongues hanging out.
Two dogs, still frenzied with the chase, ran into a wall, breaking several ribs.
Another dog began chasing his tail, while the rest howled at the people in the stands.
Not one dog finished the race.

You and I are not God. We need the guidance of God's wisdom if we are going to make it to life's finish line.

Many voices that try to interpret current events and issues are also trying to influence our decisions and our way of thinking. They wouldn't mind if we never made it to the finish line.
Christ gave us his Vicar on earth, the Pope, to protect us from being led astray, to keep us focused on the truth, so we can keep moving through life in the right direction, making the right choices.