Choose Wisely

 Surround yourself with those who make you laugh, not cry behind closed doors.

Those who love you, not purposely hurt you.

Surround yourself with those who encourage you to love and follow Jesus,

Not those who live for pleasure and the pride of life that take your focus off the eternal. 

Those who refuse to gossip about others in your presence, knowing if they gossip to you, they will gossip about you.

Surround yourself with those who love you enough to tell you the truth you need to hear and not words of flattery to gain advantage and favor.

Those who don’t make you feel you are walking on egg shells every time you’re around them and are always a disappointment to them.

Surround yourself with those you can say no to without getting the silent treatment or the cold shoulder. 

Those who love you for who you are, allowing God to change you in His perfect timing. 

Life is too short to waste your time on those whose hearts are filled with envy and bitterness towards you, who rejoice when something bad happens and can’t rejoice when good comes into your life. 

Abstaining from closeness with toxic people doesn’t mean you don’t love them or wish them evil, it means refusing to allow yourself to be a player in their mind control and manipulation. 

Do your closest contacts make you feel drained and discouraged or unloved and worthless on a consistent basis? 

Perhaps it’s time to abstain from those who crush your spirit each time you’re around them.

The righteous choose their friends wisely...

Proverbs 12:26