Many of you, if not all of you have friends. There are your best friends, your friends you see at school or work, the friends on your sports team or at your church, or your neighbor, or someone you meet just randomly. There are different types of friends. Some friends will want to have fun all the time. Other friends may only hang out with you because they want something from you. But most importantly, there are the friends who try to make you a better person, and keep nudging you towards being the best you can be. Those friends are the ones that you want to hang around. It seems obvious though, doesn’t it? Yet we all find ourselves at some point in a situation where we have to choose between the “good friends” or the other friends.
I would love to tell you that choosing the right group of people is easy, and there is nothing to it, but I would be lying. Choosing the best people to hang out with can be hit and miss. One could be invited to a party by someone who seems nice, but instead of a chill time, one goes to a dehumanizing, malevolent party where people are drinking alcoholic beverages, doing drugs, and being intimate in a strictly physical way. Life is so much easier when you stay away from things that will bring you down like that.
What group of friends would you say you’re in?
Do you feel like you’re not going to give up some relationships just to get away from evil?
Do you see some of your friends going down that path where they are hanging with the wrong crowd?
