Day 23

Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Proverbs 20:1

I'll be quite honest, I go to high school, I'm surround by drinkers, alcoholics, and druggies, and I know this isn't how it's supposed to be, but it's the way it is. I myself do not drink, nor do I do drugs, but I can't say that I've never been tempted to. My decision to skip the whole high school 'dude I got sooooooo smashed this weekend' party scene has not been without consequences. I've been made fun of and laughed at, even worse lost friends. I don't even think I could give you a reason why I don't want to drink, because I don't have one, and I'm not really against teen drinking (so long as you aren't getting hammered), so it's been hard for me to say no sometimes. Some of my friends would invite me to the parties, but I would decline because I didn't want to be around it because I knew they were drinking to get drunk and that's just ridiculous. With some of them, I began to realize that the partying was becoming far more important than our friendship, so we parted ways. It is relieving to see that the Lord also feels this way, and things like drinking should never take president over your relationship with him. This makes me feel more....comfortable I suppose, in my relationship with him because he knows what I've been through, and like a the true friend he is, he's always got my back.

Mel