I don't understand it. Why are our loved ones often the first to cast a shadow of doubt on whatever figure that stands to intrigue you?
I'm guilty of this myself, there is no one in my life I have not tried to influence towards a healthier life.
It's not like I want them to become the person I am, I just don't want them to get hurt. The path I know that remedies all that is one that is so familiar to me and I would like them to take the same road.
I see the same being played out by my friends and family. Like the one who told me not to choose to study medicine and surgery because I loved to party too much. In a way, he was right, I loved to drink and dance publicly when I was 17 but the path to becoming a doctor changed so much in me and it was a path I chose.
His fear? That I would get hurt following that path. But it was my path with my consequences.
I don't try to force anything on anyone because I can't take responsibility for the pain associated with that. Every path has snakes on it. That's why the Palmist said he walks through the valley of the shadow of death...he speaks of the earth.
I fear no evil or harm that may befall me. I'll pray this morning as I always should...So God be with me. He is my comfort through all this pain I face, not my loved ones, they don't know how it makes me feel.
God is the wisdom, the power, and glory, Forever and ever, amen.