Choose Good Friends
(Inspired by Becky Rene's Lesson on
Choosing Your Friends
Wisely)
Choosing
friends who are good
Helps determine
how we live,
For good
friends are to us
Like a magnet
and a sieve.
Good friends
draw to our lives
Things
uplifting and true,
Help strain out
the bad stuff,
And let the
good stuff through.
These good
friends, they may come
As a person or
a book,
And they help
us escape
Getting caught
by the hook
Of bad things
we may see
And bad things
we may hear
That could lead
us astray
From the things
we hold dear.
The book that
should guide us
In the choices we make
Is God's word, the Bible;
And, please, make no mistake,
We can't know what is right,
And we can't know what's true
Just by intuition;
No, that just won't do.
We must study God's word,
And so closely follow,
That we won't be misled
Or gullibly swallow
The lies of the Devil
With which he will lure
By trick and deception
All those who are unsure.
When you see how some girls
Do not act with respect,
Whose talk isn't wholesome,
It's time to disconnect.
Don't get into friendships
For popularity;
Hold tight to your morals,
Your faith, and dignity.
Be careful how you dress,
Let your speech be with grace,
And be sure to choose friends
Who will not disgrace,
Nor turn from the One
Who'll never ever leave us,
Our best friend and Savior -
God's only son, Jesus.
Carolyn Irene Pinon
Copyright ©2004 Carolyn Irene Pinon
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