At the beginning
of the year, I had bad friends. They were rude, treated me badly, and were
downright mean. This was very hurtful to
me, because I try to be nice to everyone.
At lunch I would just sit there while they talked about inappropriate
things and talked badly about people. I
would just sit there and absorb all the negativity. This was really getting to me. I was beginning to be mean and rude like them
and I didn’t like it, so I confided in my mom.
She suggested praying that God would help me find new, good
friends. It was October and I was still
praying, hoping that something good would happen. For the longest time nothing happened.
One day, I just
decided to just be myself and see what happened. That same day, there happened to be a meeting
for an organization that I was interested in, so I went. One of the girls at my lunch table said she
couldn’t go because it was too late for her to join it and it was against her
life decisions.
Trying to be
myself, I said, “Oh well. I guess I will
go by myself and see what happens.” At
the meeting I saw a few friends. They
sat at another lunch table, and I decided to sit by them. It went well.
They invited me to sit at their table since the meeting got over
early. It was great; they didn’t gossip
or talk badly about others. They were
great and inviting, and they even played games after we got done eating. The next day I stood by one of my friends and
they asked me to sit with them again, so I did.
Eventually it became a habit. It
took me awhile to figure out in this small and huge way God had answered my
prayers. He had led me to find a great
group of friends that lift me up instead of pulling me down.
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