Choose your friends wisely - it's very important!!

Good Morning!
I pray that you make sound decisions today!!

Our bold print are verses 24-25 in the NLTse and MSG. Let's get right to work:

24 (NLTse) "Don't befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people,"

25 "or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul"


24 (MSG) "Don't hang out with angry people; don't keep company with hotheads"

25 "Bad temper is contagious — don't get infected"

"Surround yourselves with successful people - people with lofty goals and aspirations". How many times have we heard quotes like this? My boldprint today speaks of this and the importance of it.

I have a very interesting thing that happens when I travel. If I stay someplace long enough, I start to talk like the people of the area. When I visit my family in North Carolina (Charlotte) - if I stay long enough; I can begin to hear a southern draaaw-l creep into my speech!! It's funny - it really is...! :)

This passage speaks of the same affect that "hanging with angry people" (I love the way the MSG version puts it) can have on our lives. In the same way that Charlotte, NC affects my speech, hanging around angry or "constantly complaining people" (who are essentially angry too); can have in our lives. What happens when you are hanging out with a chronic complainer? Before long you are complaining about things too - chronically! LOL! Doesn't it make you tired? It affects us, Gamers!!! --- "It's contagious"

Proverbs 13:20 tells us:

(NLTse) "Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble."

(MSG)" Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces. "

Isn't our goal to become wise? Don't we want to have the reputation of being wise - making right decisions - of being the "go to person" when other leaders need advice? Well, Gamers, it's really simple: "choose your friends wisely - the results can be contagious"!!!

Stay in the Game!