"A Life Changing Choice"

November 14, 2019 | By Chuck

The story is told of a father who said if he could make just one choice for his kids it would be to choose their friends. I’ve thought about this many times over the years. The more I think about it the more sense it makes. That dad knew that the choice of friends is a life changing choice. He knew his kid’s friends would have a lot of influence on them and would ultimately make or break them. If he could choose good friends for his kids he would help them to avoid many pitfalls in life.
How many people struggle with some form of substance abuse because of the friends they chose to run with? Of all the inmates in prisons across the nation, I wonder how many broke the law because of the influence of their friends? It’s been said, one will do with others what he’d never consider doing alone. If that is the case, we must be careful who our friends are. The scary truth of the matter is we become like those we spend the most time with. So, the choice of friends really is a life changing choice.
“Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals”(I Cor.15:33).