You've Hear This Before :)

It's amazing, the places your mind can go when you walk in the presence of God. The conversations and revelations that occur can completely blow your mind. Being around Godly people can help to change who you are. I know everybody always talks about how who you hang around influences who you are.....but I've never really taken it seriously until I started spending time around truly good people. See, for me, I was always around the same few people. I got lucky because God made a way for me to completely get away from those people and I had the opportunity to start all over with my life and relationships. I've found myself with the opportunity to choose new friends. I've had several kinds placed before me. Several people are now here for me, wanting to be close to me. I haven't really been putting a filter on it until now. I've just been sucking up all the attention I can get and enjoying myself as much as possible with as many new friends as possible. But, as I pray more, more opportunities to be around good people are being presented. I'm feeling the affects that it has on me when im around them. It wasnt until I was around the good people that I realized that there were other people that had a bad affect on me. It wasn't that I was hanging around bad people. There's just been opportunities for me to be around people that aren't in the right vein that God wants me to be in. I'm not sure that im making sense here...but it's just what's flowing in my mind. Being around Godly people is important for anyone...no matter who you are. No matter how prayed up or spiritual you think you are, you can always be influenced. I know from experience that being badly influenced doesn't always come from being around bad people...sometimes its just from being around people that are not the RIGHT people for you. It's important that you pray for God to lead you to the right people. It's not healthy mentally or spiritually just to hang around or talk to anyone that comes your way. Let Him lead you and listen to His still small voice when He tells you who you shouldn't be around...I promise, if you do it just once or twice, you'll feel a major difference in your prayer life and your general happiness. :)