Good Company

Have you ever played the imaginary game of "Twenty Questions?"  It was one my parents played with me as a teenager; it included questions such as ... Who's going? Who's driving? What adults will be there? The questions were annoying and seemed pointless; that is, until I became the parent asking the questions! Time with Jesus produces evidence of a different life.  The religious and military leaders were amazed at Peter and John in Acts 4; Verse 13 says, "they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus." What a distinguishing attribute!  "Twenty Questions" wasn't really a game; it was an act of loving and responsible parents who cared about the company I kept.  I wonder what others conclude by my responses and reactions to life - do they reflect that I've been in the company of Christ? This passage from Beth Moore's poem, "The Company I Keep" says it beautifully: "Let me be known by the company I keep - Eclipsed by Your presence that I may decrease - Till all You have chosen this traveler to meet - No longer see me but the Company I keep." Make sure you're always in ... good company.