Proverbs 13

"He who walks with the wise grows wise,
But a companion of fools suffers harm."

As time has gone on and Susan and I have matured, I've watched us change as a couple as well as the change is the people we associate with. Lately we've spent more time with couples/marrieds than before, and I suspect that the same trend continues as life brings other changes: that we will be spending time with people of similar associations.

If I know that this shift has started or is still coming, then it is important for me (and Susan) to be aware of the people we choose to associate with. I'm sure that it will be exciting as we start to do things as a married couple with other married couples. Yet these need to be the right people to be spending our time with. Of course this is a basic truth, but we need to be especially guarded against those people who can shape our perception of marriage. We need to be surrounding urselves with the right christian people with the right committments themselves regarding marriage. That way we do not find ourselves influenced while we are first defining what our marriage looks like.
-Bob