Out of My Hands, Into God's

One of the biggest things that I struggle with is seeing other people make choices that are not good for them. Of course, I think that I know what is better for them and think that I can make decent choices for them. Last night I was having a discussion with a couple of people, and I noticed that this was something that I was struggling with. One person told me that there are so many times when we worry about people or try and have control over them because we think that we are the people that can ultimately help them, but that is not true. There are many times where we have people come and go from our lives, so why do we think that it should be different for other people? Why should we think that we are the only ones that can be in their lives? The most important piece of advice that I received from this person is that rather than trying to worry and control our relationship to another person, we should pray that Godly people will come into their life and influence them. After hearing this, I realized that this again is a control issue. Rather than thinking that I need all of the control and that what I know is best, I can turn it over to the care of God and allow Him to work His plan out.