Posted on 01/05/2009 3:58:57 AM PST by tenger
He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13:20
The pages of history books are full of people who have been wise and those who have been foolish. We need only look at the newspapers and newscasts to see both types of people (when the U.S. government spends trillions of money it does not have, that's foolish).
It has been said that you can tell a lot about a person by the company he keeps. When I was a kid, I was often warned about "hanging out with the wrong crowd." Some peers had nothing but fun (and mischief) on their minds and wanted nothing to do with education. Others, though not scholars, realized that finishing high school was the bare minimum they were required to do. I'm glad I chose the latter, but we all know those who didn't.
As in school, so in life, hanging with the wrong people can really drag you down. It's great to surround ourselves with good, caring, and wise people: people who lift you up and not tear you down, people you can call in a pinch, people who can speak truth into our lives when we need it, people who love and accept you for who you are.
To be sure, God is not mocked. So, I shudder when I see the kind of company our impending president has had and does have.
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