The argument was intense, and finally, like the three companions in our drama earlier, they parted company. Mark and Barnabas went to Cyprus, and Paul found another companion and went to Syria. The crossroad of misunderstanding. You've got to walk that lonesome valley, and you've got to walk it for yourself. Nobody else can decide for you which way to go.
Families try to walk together.
Parents try to provide guidance. Preachers and teachers help. But at the crossroads our hearts won't always let us go the way our companions want to go. We have to listen to the Holy Spirit for ourselves. It's not just young people on the highway.