Christians In Action

Have you ever looked at your life and asked yourself, " Who has influenced my life? " or have you ever wondered if you've ever influenced someone elses life? Well, in life, people will influence you and you will influence other people. What we need to make sure is that the people who influence us are good influences and not bad. By good, I mean people who want you to become and better person and by bad I mean people who want to hold you back. For an example, your parents are great influences on your life and celebrities sometimes influence are lives in good and bad ways. Lets talk about your friends though. Are your friends good or bad influences? Think about it. Peers influence are lives even if we don't see it. Just by spending time with them, we can learn from them and they can learn from us. So if you have ever wondered if you have ever influences someone elses life you probably have. But not all things we learn from our friends are good things. For an example, your friend might try to get you to skip class or maybe letting you copy of his or her homework. To me, thats a bad influence because your friend is letting you think its okay to copy, which its not. So, let me ask you another question. Why do we give into peer pressure? Easy, we want to fit in, to be liked, we don't want kids to think we are wierd and laugh at us. The idea that "everyone's doing it" can influence us sometimes to leave our better judgment, or our common sense behind. Lets finish off with what the Bible says. In Proverbs 13:20, " Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of a fool will suffer " and 1 Corinthians 15:33, " Do not be fooled: "Bad friends will ruin good habits." I am not saying you cant be friends with people that might be a bad influence. If anything, go and be friends with them, because you might influence them instead.