True Friends

School is getting a lot closer. I have been looking at people from my school's websites, some of whom are my "friends" and they are just sick. The pictures they take of themselves, the clothes they choose when there isn't a dress code to abide by, the language they use, all of it is down right evil. I realize that if I want to be a strong Christian, I need to totally seperate myself from this. I remember a few months ago, Jesse Isom said this in youth group...

"We need to realize no sin is okay. Any thing that has sin in it, even if it is only infering something wrong, we should learn to hate it."

And he is so true. So many times I think we get to comfortable with sin and think it is just a small lie. But, isn't all sin equal in the eyes of God? Wrong is wrong, there is no inbetween. And Satan can make sin seem so attractive.

Just like I talked about in the Christian Ghetto post, we shouldn't shun out the sinners because
they need you to talk to them about Christ. While in bed last night, I read this in my book, "...if you can't be a stronger influence on your nonChristian friend, then you should rethink your desire to constantly hang out with them."

"Do not be mislead: 'Bad compant corrupts good character'". (1 Cor. 15:33). If the company we keep excercises a bad influence, then it is bad. But this also means that if we are excercising bad influences, then we are bad company. If we surround ourselves with sinful people and ultimatly end up becoming like them, then we are are just like them, influencing sin onto others.

God doesn't always want us to break up our relationships with sinners. He might lead us to continue having a relationship with this person or persons so that we can lead them to His family. But if He is, it might be hard to do. It's like a test: will we make up our minds to be faithful to Him?

I know I need a lot of prayer and encouragement in this area as I go into school and make the decision to seperate myself from these evil things. I'm sure people will get their feelings hurt and they will probably talk bad about me behind my back, "Oh, she is so self-centered...she thinks she is too cool to hang out with us.." and all that other stuff. But the Bible says that my brothers and sisters all around the world are going through the same thing. That I am not the only one, and that can give me peace. God will comfort me. He is my best friend.