Yeah. She gets me into trouble. And I've tried to make this friendship work regardless of her beliefs (I don't think she's lesbian; but she talks about me in ways that makes me uncomfortable. Maybe I'm just prude.)
Thanks for the advice.
I don't think prudence is a bad thing at all.
From Webster:
Prudence
1
: the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason
2
: sagacity or shrewdness in the management of affairs
3
: skill and good judgment in the use of resources
4
: caution or circumspection as to danger or risk
Sometimes our friends whether they realize it or not, will try to drag us away from God. We can try and resist, but if you're anything like the vast majority of humans, once the temptation to sin is present the battle has already been lost. The best thing you can do for yourself is to avoid the situations you know you are most/more likely to sin. If being in the prescence of your friend leads to sin, you may have to cut it off. I have a friend from high school who my relationship with him is very much as I have just described. There are things I used to do when I hated Christianity with him, that now I do not wish to do. When he and I are talking, or in the prescence of each other, I know that from repeated experience I am more likely to sin certain sins. Thus, I seek to avoid those situations with him I know are most likely to produce temptation to sin. It's not always easy, but I think you'll find a lot more peace within the relationship with other Christians who are your friends.
There is some wisdom here:
Deuteronomy 22:10
Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.
2 Cor. 6:14-15
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14 [/SUP]Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? [SUP]
15 [/SUP]What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[SUP]
[b][/SUP]? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?
Try harnessing a clydesdale and a husky to a sled. You're gonna have a bad time.
