YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN

Some children take after their parents in different ways. Sometimes, when  you enter a place you wouldn’t need anyone to tell you who and who are related because you can see that on their faces. Some children take the physical resemblance of their parents. But some others borrow behavioral traits from their parents. In the same way, it is a fact that children inherit many things from their parents and ancestors – disease, instincts, physical and mental characteristics. The social status, educational achievements and spiritual foundation of a father have a lot of influence on their children. As true as it is that parents have influence over their children, one thing stands out – God has given each individual freedom to choose what they want. It is only in the physical matters that your parents’ situation can affect you without your choice. When it comes to sin or guilt and righteousness, you have the freedom to choose which you want. In whatever condition you find yourself, whether you are rich or poor, healthy or sick, intelligent or unintelligent, learned or illiterate, you are certainly free. You are responsible for all your actions. You are not responsible for the action of your parents. You are not responsible for the action of your siblings or that of your children. You can choose to walk away from the pattern of life that other members of your family have chosen to take. It is on the basis of your own choice that God will judge you. He will not judge you on the basis of what you inherit of your parents, such as richness, poverty, health, sickness, learning or intelligence. God will judge you on the basis of your personal decisions and choice, whether you have done right or wrong. This means you have the power to transcend your  heritage and environment. All you need to do is to connect to God and ask God to grant you the grace to live your own life.