June 26: WE ARE A REFLECTION OF OR A REACTION TO THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO US. CHOOSE WISELY.

Affirmation: I choose to be resilient. I move from competition to collaboration.

Thats What Friends Are For: Stevie Wonder and friends.   https://youtu.be/rJbw8wlEssI

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Walk in Grace. Live in Love. By Bob Goff

                        June 26


WE ARE A REFLECTION OF OR A REACTION TO THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO US. CHOOSE WISELY. 

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. 
PROVERBS 27:17 

"The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." You hear this when a child or grown kid acts like the parent, and it usually has a negative slant. I've always wondered how you would say a kid was completely different from the parents. "That apple fell in the next county." Or "How did that kumquat come from that apple tree?" 


The truth is, we can't get away from the influence our parents had on us growing up. We might be able to turn down the volume on their voices, but we can't do away with them completely. God made us highly impressionable. We pick up phrases and habits from our friends almost without even realizing it. And if you're trying to act differently from your parents or some friends in your life, guess what? They're still the people you're pivoting off of. 


We can't choose the families we're born into, but we can choose the com­munities we'll link arms with for the rest of our lives. Be choosy. These friends will either replace or reaffirm the tapes we grew up hearing, and some might do a little of both. 


God doesn't ask us to avoid the people we're trying to be different from. And it's pretty hard to toss out all the old tapes. But God gives us friends to add new voices to the mix. Find friends who sound like Jesus, and keep them on repeat in your life. 


Who is the best reflection you've seen of Jesus? 

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