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Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character 1 Corinthians 15:33

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits Proverbs 18:21

My wife and I were on the subway in New York when I noticed a young man wearing a cast on his arm. Written on his cast were the names of people and statements they wanted to make.  Looking at the cast reminds the young man of who was around him and a possible statement they made.  It is my assumption that only those whom he has befriended were allowed to write on his cast, because he wouldn’t want to walk around with negative statements or the names of negative people attached to him 24 hours a day. He was especially careful of who was allowed to write on his cast.

The people we surround ourselves with play an important role in our lives.  People can play a positive or negative role in our lives.  Statements they make can speak life or death into our lives.  More often than not, we can choose who is allowed into our inner circle.  Our inner circle should include those who will speak life, who will pray for us, who will believe with us, who will encourage us, and play other positive roles in our lives.  These are the people we want to sign their names on the cast of our lives.

  

Unfortunately for many, the wrong people have signed their names and made negative statements that continue to be lived out in our lives.  Be encouraged that God has great things in store for His children and we cannot allow negative people the opportunity to speak bad over our lives. Therefore, it is up to us to be careful of whom we allow to write on us. 

- timothy jackson