Wrong Friends, Wrong Choices

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Wrong Friends, Wrong Choices

Dear Kids,

1 Corinthians 15:33. “Do not be misled; bad company corrupts good character.”
 
When I was in high school I became involved with a group of girls who, I quickly learned, were not making good decisions.  I was eventually put in a difficult position where I had to make some crucial choices. The results could have been disastrous, but fortunately I made the right decision and was spared a lot of consequences.
It all started when I was sixteen. Our family had moved to a new town and as a junior I was enrolling at a new school. This was somewhat difficult because everyone had already developed friendships over the past two years, and I needed to try to find my niche. I decided that I would try out for the varsity cheerleading squad.  I did and I was so excited to be a varsity cheerleader at this large school. I hadn’t been on the squad very long when I realized that some of the girls were doing things that were not in my best interests. For the most part this did not affect me, but there was a day when I had to make a decision.
Before every Saturday morning football game the girls would meet for breakfast at someone’s house. Afterwards we would carpool to the game. This particular morning the car was packed, and as we travelled down the road my companions started to pass
around a funny smelling cigarette. I knew that these girls smoked, but this was different. I really didn’t understand what was going on, but knew in the pit of my stomach that this was not right. I had a decision to make.  Should I stay in the car and hope that everything would be alright, or should I ask them to stop and then have to walk the rest of the way to the school? I did not want them to dislike me, but I also knew that if we happened to get stopped by the police, I would be implicated in what they were doing.
After contemplating my course of action, I asked them to stop the car and another girl and I got out and trudged the rest of the way to the school. Looking back, I know I made the right decision, but it was not without its own consequences. The following year at the cheerleading tryouts neither I nor the other girl who got out of the car that day made the squad.
It can be awkward and hard to make a good decision. It is also easy to be misled and believe that it doesn’t matter who you hang around with. But do not be deceived; your friends can influence you for good or for bad. Heed God’s warning and choose your friends wisely. You will never regret it!

Love,

Mama

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