The power of association! Very often you might be found “guilty” just because of where you are and who you are with. You also might get a “bum rap” because of the actions of others.
For example:
A crooked politician can give all politicians a bad name.
A bad policeman can make it hard on the honest ones.
A teacher who acts immorally can damage the reputation of all teachers.
A teen in your peer group who uses drugs can give the impression that all of you are using.
A bad mother-in-law can give the word a bad connotation—-Someone even rearranged the word mother-in-law and got “woman hitler.”
Now, I am a mother-in-law and that hurts! LOL
But my point is that we are all accountable to each other. What we do with our lives does matter and it does affect the lives of others. We must strive to be all that God wants us to be.
“In everything set them an example by doing what is good,. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.” Titus 2:7.
Live so that others can see Christ in you. Then the power of association will take on a new light–the Light of Christ
Have a blessed day!
In Christian love,
Diane