prayer

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So the picture has nothing to do with what this post is about. I just couldn't post something without a picture. . . it would just feel so empty.

Lately I have been burdened to pray more for my friends. Whether they be across the country or around the area, going through a hard time or a time of blessing, they all need prayer. Not that I didn't pray for them before, but I know I should pray for them more.

A lot of things have been heavy on my heart with the internal struggles and pressures that they feel. It hit me right between the eyes yesterday. I had the head knowledge of past mistakes that my friend could have potentially made, but for him to say it straight out it made it more real. We were talking about relationships and what the typical thing guys are after in a relationship, whether they're unsaved or not. He just said that I would probably look down on him and other guys if I knew what they did. I don't know specifics, but yet it was still discouraging to think that even my good Christian guy friends would fall in such an area. I don't think less of them, I just pray that they are past their mistakes in life and are maturing in the Lord.

It's not like I am perfect in that area either, and my friend who said this all to me knows that. That is what makes me scared and heavy-hearted about what he has done in his past. I know it is in his past, and I pray it stays that way. It's just becoming more and more real to me how perverse our flesh is, and how hard it is to stay pure. The funny thing is that little teenage girls think that they way they dress and the way the act around boys is fine. When in all actuality it hightens the temptation for the boys.

There is much more to say on that topic, but as this is going to be posted on the web, I decided to keep it general without any specific names listed.