You know the adage: “you are known by the company you keep.” I grew up hearing those words from my mom, my whole childhood. I have always had a bleeding heart for both people and animals. Often, the less desirables would show up at our table for dinner but our home was open and an extra plate would always find a place.
As I have mentioned before; I grew up in a small Eastern Oregon town. Our community consisted of: ranchers, farmers, loggers, millworkers and all the different businesses and people who made it home.
In school we had: the cool athletes, the rough and tough cowboys, the bendable gymnastic crowd, those who played and marched in the band and the cheer teams adorned in school colors. We had the class clowns and the brainiacs. The myriad of colors and faces mingling in the halls and the ones who wore dark, lurking in the shadows. The popular ones who were always seen and the ones who never really were. I imagine this sounds familiar?
We had the large well known families with names and heritages attached. We had the families who moved in and made names for themselves. Some families had respect attached to their names and some did not. Bringing us right back to the company we kept!!! This is where dad usually stepped in… “No daughter of mine.”
As an adult looking back I can truly understand what my parents were trying to convey and teach. We are judged by the company or I’d rather say the characters of the people we associate with. This can be socially and or at work, often the two intertwining. If you run with the go getters, chances are you will be viewed as a go getter…hang with the lazy and slack…you get the picture.
I have just recently turned 60. The day after doing so I began this blog; I have been so blessed by it, why because of the company I get to keep. You and our Lord. I’m sorry if this sounds like an all about me page from my diary but it’s because of a page from my diary that I write this mornings devotion.
1 Chronicles 16:10-11 NCV “Be glad that you are his; let those who seek the Lord be happy. Depend on the Lord and his strength; always go to him for help.”
I have always been a learner and hope to always be but I have definitely learned the more time I spend with Jesus, the more like him I become. I am changing within everyday because of the company I’ve been keeping. Thank you for keeping company with me and Sunshine. My prayer is through His words you will start to notice a change or two also. Have a most blessed day and thank you for joining me.🥰
Sunshine On My Shoulder 