Among The Wise

Proverbs 13:20

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.


I love hanging around women who are older than I. Not that I like doing "old people" stuff. I do not sew and I do not know much of the old stuff they talk about. What draws me to them is their wisdom and knowledge. They have been around for a while and have learned from experience what works and what doesn't. What is even better is that they have known God longer than I and I can learn so much from them.

I know that if I am having a day of weakness, being around fools will not build me up. It may even cause me to stumble. A while back I had a day that was full of frustrations. Every time I turned away from one frustration another was there waiting patiently for me. My stress level was high.

I had a friend with me at the time. And although she was not a "fool", she was a very young Christian and not full of the wisdom I needed at the time. At my heightened point of stress her advice was "Go ahead and slip a cuss word. I won't tell. One won't hurt." Then later she said, "Go ahead and smoke a cigarette. One slip won't hurt."

My words to her were, "Get thee behind me, Satan!" Wow, I was not expecting that kind of encouragement. Yet, I could not blame her. She was a new Christian. I needed to seek the counsel and encouragement of some wiser, well-seasoned women.

After that day I was more careful who I spent my frustrating days with. It can be quite harmful to be a companion among fools. They do not know how to build up and encourage in the Word of God.

Proverbs says He who walks with the wise grows wise. That statement itself should make us desire to be among the wise. I surely want to grow wiser. God Bless~