Who Surrounds You?

 

“A friend loves at all times…”

—Proverbs 17:17a

One of the more difficult things we do as we travel along the road of life is to choose wisely the people with whom we will associate. Our friends can bring influences into our lives that will either build us up or tear us down.

King Solomon understood this. He wrote these words in Proverbs 17:17:

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Someone who brings joy and support and help and a positive attitude into our lives is a true friend—a genuine brother or sister. Someone who brings a negative, harmful influence into our lives is not really our friend, nor a genuine brother or sister.

We need to caarefully examine our relationships with others and choose wisely the people we allow to come alongside us in our lives.

 

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