I remember sitting there examining the route for the first time myself, wondering what I could truthfully tell people about the adventure that awaited them which would not dissuade them from following me. I told them that they would thank me, but probably never forgive me, for what they were about to do. This turned out to be true, although not everyone, including my daughter, has yet to thank me. The church has us make such a promise when we get married and when we accept Jesus, for in both cases we do not know where the journey will lead, and if we did, we might not go. In both cases, however, if we survive, we are forever grateful.
Journeys always involve movement from here to there.
We are on the move. People get tired. They become difficult to deal with. Because the church is a group of people on a journey, you will not always enjoy being on the journey. There will be peaks to climb and valleys to descend.