Day 88

Psalm 13:20 ~ “Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.” (The Message)

My grandmother used to always tell me, “Watch the company you keep”. I of course, thinking I knew way more about life than she did, chose not to listen to her. When I was in sixth grade I started hanging with the wrong crowd. Because I chose to hang around with the fast girls, I quickly learned about the fast boys. By the time I was in the eighth grade, I was pregnant. There I was, 13 years old, shipped off to the school for girls who got themselves in trouble, all because I chose to keep company with people with loose morals. I want to remind you today to watch the company you keep. The more you are around a person the more their ways rub can off on you and before you know it, you’re doing the same dumb stuff they do. You talk to a negative person long enough, you’ll start being negative. You need to surround yourself with like minded individuals, people who build you up rather than bring you down. If you spend time with a person and after you leave them you feel drained from all of their negativity, it’s time to cut that person off…..even if it’s someone in your family! You can't allow that to get into your spirit. Proverbs 19:8 states, “He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good.” God has great plans for you; don’t allow your associations to be the thing that holds you back!