He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Proverbs 13:20
Proverbs 13:20
We had found the perfect camping spot at a Corps of Engineers park and set out for a morning of fishing below the dam. Much to our disappointment all we seemed to do was snag our hooks on the rocks below the surface. We decided to consult a fellow fisherman downstream, asking him how he kept from hooking the rocks. “Simple,” he said. “Don’t fish where the rocks are.”
How surprised that old fisherman would be to know that he was paraphrasing Solomon’s advice to choose our companionship wisely. God’s wisdom tells us that the church “did meet together oft… to speak one with another concerning the welfare of their souls.” We all recognize the temptations that we are most subject to, so if we would be wise we would not visit the source of those stumbling blocks, whether they be physical locations, acquaintances, or dark thoughts within us. What a wonderful blessing to have the companionship of the body of Christ to encourage each other not to “fish where the rocks are.”
Your servant Dan
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