Lately, I've understood the importance of this phrase that I've heard several times. No, I'm not having problems with my friends, but I've heard about so many others' problems and how its effecting them.
One thing I've realized lately is that the friends you hang out with and associate yourself with have a direct impact on your development and who you are/ become. A person can change drastically for either good or bad depending on those surrounding them.
I know this might sound a little obvious, but I guess that the magnitude of this fact have been made known to me these past few weeks. With that said, I feel we all have a great responsibility to watch our actions and how they will impact those around us.
More importantly, we should "choose our friends wisely" and never forget the most important relationship we need to nurture and rely on is with God, which should be the friendship that we allow to shape us.
Its so simple, but it really is vital and important....
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you are absolutely right. even when we don't mean the weakest link in our chain can represent who we are in our social network (there is a biblical understanding that the Hebrews had about spiritual life that you are scratching at the surface of!). but i must also say that in our interactions i have watched you act with Christ-like kindness and love to those who you knew weren't good friends but you took care of in faith that God was watching over! there is that side of relationships too, and like you said fostering that relationship with God is key but when you do that you can give more of yourself to those in need. you are awesome. have a great day.
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