Choose Your Path
Posted on Jan 21, 2008 under Living |Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:1-2
Remember when you were a kid and your mom told you that you’d be judged by the company that you keep? If you’re a parent with kids of at least school age, you’ve no doubt advised your own children the same. And if you are the parent of a teen then you probably worry about the kids your child calls “friends.”
And yet, how much time do we spend with people who bring us down spiritually or mock those things that we hold dear? Right now, I am fortunate because I spend time with people who lift me in my spiritual journey but it wasn’t always the case. For a while, I associated online with a group of adults who were not uplifting at all. Rather than walking away, I tried to fit in and appease them. It only served to bring me down. I had to walk away.
Even as adults we need to be cautious about those with whom we associate. Anyone we call “friend” should bring us closer to God and encourage our spiritual path, not try to persuade us away from it. We can’t avoid those who disagree and we have no right to pass judgment on the beliefs of others but those who refuse to respect our beliefs and mock us are not friends.
I’m going to be even more careful about those I call friends and I’m going to be especially grateful for the real friends who lift me up and help me in my walk with the Lord.
