I am the only Christian in my family and i never thought the day would come when i would be asked to make a choice between God and my sister, quite like i was today. My sister is one of the smartest and greatest people i have ever known. We have always kept politics and religion out of discussions out of respect for each other. My sister has done everything for me and during all these years, she remained single. She finally met her mate later in life and after many years, she is getting married. When she asked if she could fly me and my mother up for the wedding, the first thing I said was if they require vaccinations, i won't be able to go. She assured me that airlines weren't requiring that and it wasn't an issue. Today, she wrote me a long loving email asking if i would reconsider getting the vaccination for the wedding, as she has some immune-compromised friends who are invited and she doesn't want to have to make a choice, and she really wants to have me and my mother there. This whole thing is absolutely riddled with insanity. There are so many holes in this, i don't even know where to begin. She is completely brain washed and somehow, this is all on me now. All i could do was tell her that basically, i love her and owe so much to her, but this is the one thing that goes against my convictions and God. I ended it with, " I will never get this vaccination". Am I in some revelations nightmare? Please wake me up.
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I understand your relationship with God, I do. But God would not want you to have issue with your sister if it can be avoided. So it’s for you to decide. Of course we all need to stand our ground when we truly must like in a true physical Civil War. But if we don’t need to put lines in the sand, we are encouraged with our family to find a way for compromise. So you must decide just not to go, or a way to be there but stand in the distance if needed. Don’t be so hard headed about my way or the highway like she is. It’s a free country. Even if she resists you coming, if you’re up in a tree 50 yards away watching and she knows you’re there, she’ll be ever happy you still came.
The last thing i want is an issue with my sister. That is the point. I never said i wasn't wanting to go to the wedding. Just that i won't get the jab. However, if that is an issue for her, then Jesus did warn us. I am hoping that this isn't the case:
Matthew 10:34. Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35“For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; 36and A MAN’S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
Sounds like you just needed a sounding board to convince yourself then. You’re welcome, and have a wonderful trip to see her wedding.
No, i wanted to go. I didn't even think of going to Boston and not going to the wedding. But once you said that, i thought that she probably WOULD be happy with that and i had never thought to offer that. You provided my best case solution.
Again, you’re welcome. Enjoy brother. God bless you on your travel there and on your travel home.