Choosing Friends Wisely
- Mary (Guest Blogger)
- Oct 12, 2016
- 2 min read
Hey everyone! This week we have another guest blogger! I'm so excited to be having other girls come on here who can share their advice and encouragement. And I would love to have more! If you'd like to be a guest blogger for the Girl Talk series or know someone who might be interested, be sure to let me know!
Hey girls, guest blogger here. I’ve actually never written a blog before, so bear with me. Oh, and the name’s Mary. ;)
The topic that I've chosen to write about is friends.
This is a very important topic. The friends you choose will impact how you act. The Bible says, “Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world.”
Good friends will not ask you to participate in worldly things(I.e. Drugs, alcohol, sex...etc.). The Bible warns against choosing your friends badly. Good friends will encourage you and lift you up. They're there to help you. Bad friends will try and get you to do wrong. They want you to sin on a daily basis.
About a year ago, I was on a website called Google+ and I got in contact with the wrong group of friends. They cursed, they talked about sex, they encouraged lying, they fought all the time, they gossiped. They were probably the worst type of friend you could have. These are not the kind of friends you want in your life. They make what they are doing look fun, but in reality it is very destructive.
The Bible says that there is only pleasure in sin for a season. Bad friends will get you in the habit of doing wrong. Sin may seem enjoyable at the time, but you'll pay for it in the future. I payed for my choice of friends. They affected my attitude and my behavior. I was constantly lying to my parents. I hated everything and everybody. I wanted to be on the computer talking to them all day long. As a result, I ignored my family and treated them like dirt. For a whole year I acted like this. Until I was saved by God’s grace. He showed me that the friends I had chosen were destroying my relationship with my family.
The bottom line is, choose good friends. Make sure you choose friends that will uplift and encourage you. The type of friends you choose will impact your behavior, attitude, outlook on life, habits, and most importantly standards. It is important to set a high bar for your ideal friend.(But not where people can’t reach it. If you know what I mean.)
Don't compromise any of your standards just for the sake of looking cool. Jeopardizing your standards should be out of the question. Stick to what the Bible says is right, and use that as your guide. If your friend is doing something you know isn’t right, and she wants you to join, run away. Be like Joseph was with Potiphar’s wife. Flee from temptation and don’t look back. Make sure the friends you have now are not hindering or bringing you down. They have an impact on you, whether you know it or not.
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